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General Category => New Model Army => Topic started by: dilla on August 31, 2019, 10:18:35 AM
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This verse seemed familiar to me from years ago.I did some digging and found the story of an Icelandic fisherman who survived for 6 hours in icy Icelandic waters after his boat went down.He reportedly spoke to seagulls whilst adrift.Also found that a film had been made about him called2 The deep.(Not the Peter Benchley one)It's on you tube but is in Icelandic but has subtitlesin variuos languages.Well worth a watch
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You're right dilla. There is an interview in the From Here interview thread in which justin says, the there was one guy surving in the water and he said that he only survived because he began to talk to the birds, began a conversation with them.
And i always wanted to see that movie, good reminder!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZO3_lyncX4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZO3_lyncX4)
English subtitles available in the settings menu
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wow, I'd never heard this story before. Just found this article;
https://www.vikingrune.com/2009/03/true-viking-grit/
This obviously must be what Justin wrote the first verse about :)
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I remember hearing about this years ago. The amazing thing was that he managed to survive for so long in the freezing water and it turned out that his skin had an abnormally thick layer of fat that kept him insulated.
A moving story and now a fantastic song.
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But how does that verse relate to you and your life?
It is the last verse :
Call me anytime, call me anytime
And though nothing much will be said
It will be a conversation of a kind
...that is the verse in which the song speaks to us all. A yearning - a need - to connect with others.
(Hell, where would this very forum be without that need? Now that I think about it, that final verse actually sums up this (and every) internet forum perfectly.)
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But how does that verse relate to you and your life?
It is the last verse :
Call me anytime, call me anytime
And though nothing much will be said
It will be a conversation of a kind
...that is the verse in which the song speaks to us all. A yearning - a need - to connect with others.
(Hell, where would this very forum be without that need? Now that I think about it, that final verse actually sums up this (and every) internet forum perfectly.)
I love the "call me anytime" bit in the song. I think really, the whole song is about that need to connect with others, as the first and second verses end with the "you take any companion you can find" line. I just find the first part of the song fascinating because it is based on an incredible true story of survival;
"North Atlantic winter, seven hours out of harbour
On a night of swelling ocean and ice cold water
The lines got snagged on the bottom and the winch got jammed
It took only moments for the boat to go over
I broke the surface kicking and gasping
There were just three of us swimming but soon I was alone
Me and the seagulls talking, I just kept on swimming
Me and the seagulls talking
And though nothing much was said
It was a conversation of a kind
You take any companion you can find"
It also resonates with me, not because I've ever been in a shipwreck or had to swim for my life, but because I've always had a fascination with gulls, ever since I was a small child and wished I could be one ! Just something to do with the effortless way they fly, and the elegant shape of their wings. I almost still wish I could be one ;D I could certainly watch them flying for ages and ages without getting bored.