anonymous March 21st, 2007 10:09PM  

A fact that should be known before reading this is that Rogers father had died in war and in many songs he reflects this.

I personally belive this son is about World War II and the holocaust, how the jewish people had to hide in attics to hide from the Nazis, and I think when he says "goodbye, blue sky" he refers to as a child being in that they would have to say goodbye to seeing a blue sky above them because they had to hide in hidden places in houses. Also he says "did you see the falling bombs?" and "did you see the frightened ones" most likely refers to the things the adults must have talked about when it started, saying how the children must have been frightened to death of what was going on, and how they must not have understood what was happening, for exsample "did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the brightness of the brave new world enfell beneathe the clear blue sky?"

Unforgivin October 31st, 2007 10:12PM  

I agree with the previous interpretation, and I would like to add that the entire album is about oppression, and this song deliberately references Brave New Word by Aldous Huxley. Taken in context of this reference and the entire album, the message of this song is that war is not an excuse for oppression, censorship or genocide; whether it is the Nazis blaming WW1 on the Jews as an excuse for genocide, or a WW3 leading to an oppressive future like it did in Brave New World, or any other war for that matter.

anonymous November 14th, 2007 03:17AM  

Actualy I believe it is about when the Germans bombed Britain. "Goodbye blue sky" is because they couldn't see the sky through the rubble, smoke and planes....

anonymous February 11th, 2009 08:09PM  

Its about the bombing of England during WWII. A young boy looking up to the sky and seeing a plane and is facinated. That plane then drops bombs, hence the name Goodbye blue sky. Sky is filled with flames and smoke.

anonymous February 11th, 2009 08:24PM  

Agree its about the bombing of England in WWII by the Germans. Germans had poor radar then and the best way the bomb targets was on bluebird days. A child is looking up and sees the plane and his innocense does not know that they are there to bring harm to his country. Also talks about running for shelter..i.e bomb shelters. the hearing of the falling bombs, the flames, and never getting over the bombing of England, is how the pain lingers on. Its a beautiful song about something so tragic. Thanks Curtis Carpenter

Intangir February 13th, 2009 03:54PM  

He also mentions 'brave new world' unfolding before our eyes
brave new world is a movie/book about a dystopian/utopian(depending on who you ask) in which the new world order has dominated humanity and forces sterilization and euthanization on the population