City of Glas? What does this mean?
I just read 1984 by George Orwell and perhaps it could be linked with this...?
I just read 1984 by George Orwell and perhaps it could be linked with this...?
City of Glas
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Swany
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I haven't read the story [I think it is one?] you mean...
but I think they want to express the ... atmosphere when they say 'city of glass'
for me that means ... a very hostile, unreal place. A city, which could be easily
broken... which is full with [of?] light and where you could be seen from any corner
without seeing who is watching you. And all that kind of stuff.
I don't know, but this is what it means to me
Mensch... sacht ma -.- wieso schreib ich das nicht gleich auf Deutsch... also für mich soll das halt auch so die Hilflosigkeit ausdrücken dieses 'ausgesetzt sein'. Und zugleich die Suche nach der Wahrheit... ob nicht doch alles nur Schein ist... *rumphilosophier* das heisst es für mich =)
but I think they want to express the ... atmosphere when they say 'city of glass'
for me that means ... a very hostile, unreal place. A city, which could be easily
broken... which is full with [of?] light and where you could be seen from any corner
without seeing who is watching you. And all that kind of stuff.
I don't know, but this is what it means to me
Mensch... sacht ma -.- wieso schreib ich das nicht gleich auf Deutsch... also für mich soll das halt auch so die Hilflosigkeit ausdrücken dieses 'ausgesetzt sein'. Und zugleich die Suche nach der Wahrheit... ob nicht doch alles nur Schein ist... *rumphilosophier* das heisst es für mich =)
Glass is cold, very impersonal. I think that's the connection, a place that alienates you from yourself, or something like that...
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Allan
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Calvin2k3 said:
My guess is it's more likely linked to Auster novel called, well, "City of Glass"
."1984" is an amazing book though.
ether
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seems like it´s not linked with that book, but anyways in the book the title implies a city where everything is transparent, where one can see everything, but which still has barriers which prevent true communication. It also suggests mirrors, a locked room where the people think that they are free to move around in an infinity of space, but where in reality they are trapped in a room with a mirror on each wall, so that the infinite space that the character sees is really a tiny room, and the other people that he sees are no more than doubles of himself.Allan said:My guess is it's more likely linked to Auster novel called, well, "City of Glass"
Interesting book by the way.
Allan
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Long time since I read that book, but I liked it back then, it is sad though.
Why wouldn't it be linked to what you said anyway?
Why wouldn't it be linked to what you said anyway?
AndICried
Pretentious asshole
I think it's good that we all have lots of different opinions, and a sign of the quality of Katatonia's lyrics.
The lyrics genuinely impress me, as a pose to those of Opeth. Damnation had good lyrics, and their conceptual stories were good (conceptually), but I think it's a lot easier to relate to the lyrics of Katatonia.
The lyrics genuinely impress me, as a pose to those of Opeth. Damnation had good lyrics, and their conceptual stories were good (conceptually), but I think it's a lot easier to relate to the lyrics of Katatonia.
