Afraid of Sunlight - Afraid of Sunrise
'Great White Way'
The Nevada Desert is a vast salt flat that stretches across the whole of the
SW behind the Sierra Nevada Mountain range.
Greg Kohs added: "The
'Great White Way' is the commonly known nickname of Broadway theater
district in New York City."
This would tie in nicely with the notion that the song is about a
celebrity who knows they are about to be exposed in the tabloids.
'Dayglo Jesus on the Dash'
If you visit the Vatican, you can go to their gift shop and buy loads of
really tacky tourist things. All of them has been blessed by the Pope,
including the classic Dayglo Jesus! If we are to infer anything from the
cover art, the Dayglo Jesus in question is a copy of the huge statue that
stands over Rio.
'Friendly Fire'
This is the innocuous-sounding term used to describe when soldiers are fired
upon by members of their own side. The US have had a pretty deplorable
record of doing this to British troops during the two Gulf wars. I am not
aware of the origins of the term. There is also a Meg Ryan film in which she
plays a helicopter pilot accused of killing American troops.
'Agave Flower'
The Agave flower is native to desert regions of the western hemisphere. The
most common example is the Agave Americana, the American century plant which
flowers only once between the ages of 15-25 years.
'Nevada's Burning'
American State near California. Much of it is desertified; it contains Death
Valley, the hottest recorded place on earth. Like Arizona, the soil is very
salty.
'Phoenix Rising'
Brewer's: "A
fabulous Egyptian Bird, the only one of its kind according to Greek Legend,
said to live a certain number of years, at the close of which, it makes in
Egypt a nest of spices. It then sings an melodious dirge, flaps its wings to
set light to the pile, burns itself to ashes and comes forth with new life.
It is also a symbol of the resurrection."
Additionally, Greg Kohs said (correcting
my original entry): "Phoenix is about 450 miles
south of the Salt Lake Valley, whose central city is Salt Lake City."
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