Talk:Sleeping Satellite

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

A Tragic Love Song
I have recently corrected the meaning of the lyrics of this song. Some seem to think that it is about the moon landings or the space race. It is not "about" these things; these are metaphors for the underlying theme of a failed romance. The song is "about" the failed romance itself; it is not about the metaphors which are used to characterize this failed romance. Evidence? Logical argument: When one uses an analogy, one is not talking about the topic of the analogy itself; rather, one is using the analogy to make a point about something else. Archer's "point" is about a failed romance; her "analogy" is the failure of the space race. Aclark147 (talk) 10:03, 9 April 2010 (UTC)


 * The lyrics of "Sleeping Satellite" are not about the moon landings, or the space race in general, but rather use metaphors of the cosmos in order to indirectly refer to a failed romance. The song partly blames the other half of the romance for its failure (the "you" in "I blame you..."), as the lyrics refers to oneself as a "sleeping satellite" in the line: "Don't blame this sleeping satellite" (i.e., don't blame me for the failure of our romance).  The "satellite" - oneself - is passive in the failure and so is "sleeping".  The song also partly alludes to the possiblity that the romance peaked too soon, with the lines: "Did we fly to the moon too soon?  Did we squander the chance?  In the rush of the race, the reason we chase is lost in romance."  Later, there is an explicit reference to peaking too soon: "Have we lost what it takes to advance?  Did we peak too soon?"  Hence, the reference in the song to "man's greatest adventure" is not to the space race, but to a successful and lasting love life.

I have removed this text from the article as original research. Unless there's an interpretation given in a reliable source, we aren't going to have an interpretation in the article here. This is a source-based encyclopedia. Find an interview with Tasmin Archer that says it's about romance, and it's about romance. Find a published story talking about some other meaning, and we can cite that. Don't post personal interpretations. -68.185.201.26 (talk) 02:20, 15 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Also, Aclark147's argument above is logically unsound: It assumes explicitly that the lyrics contain an analogy, when this premise has never been established as fact. Moreover, none of the points offered in the interpretation are compelling. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 21:38, 13 September 2022 (UTC)