first; i want to apologize for the extreme length of this message; it started out short in my head when i clicked the "quote" button to reply, and ended up like it is. maybe i should higher an editor? lol
also please don't feel like you have to reply to the whole message all at once (or that i want you to do so) i understand you're busy, either touring, writing songs, doing other band stuff or with your personal life. i must be taxing. and i don't want to intentionally contribute to the frustration. so if you can get to each section (or whatever you'd call them?) bit-by-bit over a course of time, or something. i don't mind. i know that while i usually have a lot of time to kill, others may not. so just let me know what's up, so my mind doens't go through all the possable scenarios.
Thanks for all your kind words.
hey, no problem man, i have no problem complimenting great work. although after re-reading my initial post just before reading your's... i feel like doing 1 of things: 1)crawling into the darkest corner of the most isolated cave in existance or 2) shooting myself
it's nothing against anyone but myself: as after later reading what i wrote: i sound like some completly obsesssed fan or something... i feel like a metallica fan-boy who drops to their knees with their mouths open (and not in a "prayer" way: if you catch my meaning) every time metallica is mentioned in any way, shape or form.... and i HATE those people. so, me seeing what i, myself wrote sounding anything at all like that (no matter who or what it is) is not good to me... to put it lightly: i feel totally rediculas. i assure everyone: that was not my intent.... i just say & type/write things as they come to me...
yet another example of hindsight being torture.
I tossed the idea around years ago about actually writing the book for The Knowing, but I suppose you could just go see the movie that recently came out called "KNOWING" and see how I was ripped off. hahaha
i haven't seen "knowing" yet. i want to. from wht i can see of the plot for it and your story it's different. in the cage movie he finds a page of coded profecies. so, that is limited to what one can decifer of it. and even if all of it could be decifered: it's still limited to what was written on the page.
where as you're story seems to be way more indepth: someone waking up and knowing everything (if i understand everything right) and about the effects of that knowledge on an individal: especially one who the knowledge didn't gradually come to-especially through hard work (as i believe the erson who created something or thought the concept/theory up, etc. understands it better than anyone else. really ever could) and believe it or not; i have often wondered about this for a long time. the potential effects of allthis knowledge (or even some of it) on not only the body, but the mind and spirit. and also: the ego-and how all of that would effect the rest of soicity (from strangers to loved ones to ememies alike-along with other sentient beings as well) and if i am reading things right, you and i have thought about a lot of the same things on the subject (and it would seem on similar subjcts aswell)
and it seems we reached remarkably similar conclusions (imo) then again it could just be somewhat related to my thoughts on something and my mind filled in the rest, i'm not 100% on either (too many thoughts rolling around in there to tell) i would immagine being the only one with a great gift or ability would be so stressfull, frustrating and depressing. especially if you're like me and want to help not only one's self/loved ones, but as many people (and animals) possible. the stress of who to help and how would be exausting and depressing as the thought of "ya can't save 'em all" becomes more-and-more clear with each passing day.
and about the god complex thing the main character eventually gets: unfortunitly i believe that would happen with many people, reguardless of what religion they believe in (athiests inluded. you don't have to believe in a god before you can consider yourself one, you just have to believe you meet the criteria) man has seemed to have never worshipped anything other than himself and money (or technically the things you can get with money: possesions, "respect", "love", sex, "friendship", admiration, power, virtually any desire fufilled, etc.)
you mentioning you considered writing a book based on the stoy of the knowing is one of the things that made me want to make this topic: to tell you i'd like to read if if you ever did write and publish it (that and to tell you i really enjoy the book) i love it when the person who wrote the lyrics explains the meaning behind the songs and the album as a whole. like i said: i enjoy an album and song a lot more if i know it's meaning (reguardless of how much i liked it before)
even though my wishful thinking made me want the book to explain the songs' lyrics line-by-line (what each sentince, word or whatever is a metaphore for, etc.) but i knew that would more than likely be a hell of a lot of work and likely a big book. so, i don't blame ya for not dong that; i don't tink i would have, either. lol.
never-the-less what i've read so far is not disapointing at all. since i am listenig to every album in order (first reading the intro for the album, then the explination of the 1st song on the particular album: then after reading the individual song's explination i listen to the song. then rinse and repeat. since i couldn't find the first album when i ordered the rest of the full-length CDs a while ago, i skipped it: 'till i can get it... when i start again; i'll be on "to welcome the fade"
If I do another chapter for the book, I will most likely make it available in PDF form online. It certainly wouldn't be cost efficient to reprint the book every time we release a new CD, so I MAY make it available to those who care eventually.
oh, don't take it the wrong way, i wans't saying print up another book for every album. but releasing something like the book online, or in the booklet of the particular CD or something is what i meant. really any format that is not costly & is easy to read (like the book is: with the intro for the album, the lyrics and explination for each song on the same page). so, on the cost note: the best way is probably to put it online somehow (either in PDF, microsoft word or whatever) like you mentioned. that would be fine with me. as long as i can read it; it's all good. maybe even make it downloadable-so aslong as it's on one's comp. they'll always have it.
