Re: The Ninth Wave

[The Guitarist From Hell <fox-r@cis.ohio-state.edu>]

>Just a quickie, folks.  Could someone *mail* me the story that
>The Ninth Wave is telling, please? 

Here is a quick reply.  The story basically is of a person (most likely a man)
who is somehow thrown off of the ship he was traveling on.  He is now in
the water trying to stay alive.  The longer he is in the water, the more
tired he gets.  He soon falls asleep and has a variety of dreams showing
his longing for being rescued and safe.  He returns home and visits
his home "after dying".  Later, he leaves his body entirely and floats
away, to look at the Earth from orbit.  The story ends on a happy note
with the song Morning Fog but I think this is his last dream, as he
dreams of being safe, he really dies.  The lyrics are opaque enough to
really derive many interpretations.  Mine comes from interviews with
Kate as she explains the thing.


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