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The Official Marillion Website - Find a Better Way of Life at marillion.com. If you want other people to hear our music, just ask them to come to this page where they can download a 'Crash Course' sampler, with our compliments, for FREE. Otherwise purchase an album or DVD It really does make a difference. Thanks for buying our music,.

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Thank you for visiting the Marillion – Explanations of LyricElements website.
It's been offline for a while, and judging from the comments I've had on social media, it's been missed(which is nice to know). It's been offline because [excuses]. Time, family, laziness. Another factor has been that my web skills are very out of date now and I've been aware that the Explanations deserved better.While not perfect, I hope that Blogger will greatly improve the experience for the site and allow it to move forward.

Back in 1997, the Internet was nothing like the place it is in 2014. Theexpression ‘Web 2.0’ wouldn’t even be coined for a further seven years, yet thefirst stirrings of what would evolve to become it were seen in communities suchas the Marillion fans mailing list Freaks. Nowadays, of course, youcan’t move for social networking sites, forums and bulletin boards, but backthen, things were simpler. If you wanted to discuss Marillion on the Internetin 1997, you needed to send an email with the words ‘subscribe freaks’ in thebody to freaks-request@ax.com (later hosted at @torchsong.com, and now defunct)and soon you’d start receiving the latest musings about all things Marillioninto your mailbox.

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It was one such message that inspired the Explanations. Someonehad posted their thoughts about Forgotten Sons. If it wasn’t clear fromthe user’s email address, some of the interpretations soon made me realise thatthe poster’s first language wasn’t English and I proceeded to post my ownversion. It struck me that Marillion's songs oftencontain words and phrases that are peculiar to British English. I’d also just discoveredand devoured Scott McMahan’s astonishingly detailed online Genesis Discography. Itcontained a section that attempted to explain the phrases in some of the more‘out there’ songs and having made a few minor contributions relating to Supper’s Ready and Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, I realised I could do somethingsimilar with Marillion. An enormous debt of gratitude is owed to Mr McMahan forinspiring me.

My friend Mattand I convened in the Tottenham pub on the corner of Oxford Street andTottenham Court Road in London one evening, armed with a sheaf of lyrics andseveral reference books. We proceeded to get very drunk and by the end of the nighthad thrashed out a rough first version of what would become this site.

What wasinteresting was the increased enjoyment we got from digging into thereferences. We weren’t trying to say what we thought the songs were about. Afriend of mine had a nice analogy about sitting in dim classrooms poring overan author's intention behind one particular word for hours until, at the end ofthe lesson, you'd taken a butterfly of a poem, gassed it and pinned to a boardbefore realising it was no longer beautiful. That sums it up pretty succinctlyfor me; people's own ideas of what Marillion's songs are about are as valid aswhat the author thinks.

Since thatoriginal pub session, I’ve been responsible for the development of the site,but it would be a lie to pretend that it would be anything like ascomprehensive as it is without the contributions from other fans. However, it’salso true to say that I disagree with some of the explanations that appear inthis site. There are some that are perfectly reasonable claims but whichhappen not to chime with my own feelings for what a song is about. It would beextremely churlish of me to reject them on this basis without something moreconcrete to go on.

What I hope I'vemanaged to do is illuminate the songs. There was much in the songs which I’d notappreciated before starting this site and it took digging into the referencesto reveal quite how much I'd missed. The contributors to this site areconstantly throwing up new points of interest for me that I simply never wouldhave thought of, and I very much hope they do the same for you.

The section oneach major studio release is preceded by an introduction with generalinformation about the album including information about the explanations tofollow and the cover and related miscellany. More detailed information aboutthe Fish-era covers can be found in the beautifully-put-together Masquebook by Mark Wilkinson and Fish, available from Mark's website The Masque. Each song forwhich there is an explanation begins with an introduction with generalinformation about the subject matter. Then, relevant portions of the lyrics arequoted with the explanation beneath.

Sources:There has been no direct input from band members, unless from printedmaterial or conversations on Marillion.com, Freaks, TheOpium Den or other online sources. Sourcesare acknowledged in the text and a comprehensive list of sources provided atthe back.

Acknowledgements:When the sitewas first put together, I had no experience of writing html, and it would beremiss of me not to mention Bert ter Steege, owner of The Marillion Discography,who kindly agreed to host the earliest version of the Explanations as a part ofhis site until I had become sufficiently competent to attempt my own firstversion of the site. Although Bert no longer actively updates the site, it isstill online and contains a wealth of information about Marillion’s releases upto Marbles.

Another specialthank you is to Jeroen Schipper, former maintainer of TheWeb Online, the original source of online information aboutMarillion, who generously let me quote from his FAQ.

Finally, I'dlike to say thanks to Marillion: Fish, Steve Hogarth, Ian Mosley, SteveRothery, Pete Trewavas and Mark Kelly for the soundtrack to so much of my life.

Contributions & Caveats:Any additions, omissions, or suggestionsregarding this site would be gratefully received, and fully credited if used,although we reserve the right to edit your contribution. Please emailme at marillion@baldyslaphead.co.uk.

The fault forany mistakes is mine. If you notice any, please let me know.

I hope you enjoypoking around as much as I've enjoyed putting the site together.

Cheers,

Fraser Marshall - 19/08/2014