![]() At this point, the vehicle's motion is completely out of control, and a crash or flip-over becomes an extremely likely outcome. "Jackknifed" is a very specific term in this context that describes a dangerous moving condition where the trailer pushes past the tractor and their connecting joint forces the tractor up against the side of the trailer while facing in the wrong direction (kinda looks like a jack knife pulled slightly out of its sheath, hence the term). Bear with me, and I'll explain.ġ) Jackknifed juggernaut is definitely describing a tractor-trailer truck (lorry). Yes, you read that right: it's basically a hero-worship song about gasses. I see Airbag as a tribute song about the amazing, unstoppable and mysterious powers of gasses. So, building on what others have said here, I offer the following possibility. Also "interstella burst" is a very posh way of expressing "fast". "In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe"- Perhaps Mr Yorke has read that when you have an airbag stop you, you get a bright flash of white light- I suppose from your retina being thrown forward into the vitreous. "In a deep deep sleep of the innocent I am born again" -doesn't this suggest that the driver fell asleep at the wheel? "In the neon sign scrolling up and down"- how do you think a neon sign would appear if you were being spun up and around and then down after hitting a lorry at 70 mph in a Mercedes? "The next world war" could be referring to the huge casulties caused by RTAs around the world each year, equivalent to a World War being fought. When I triple flipped my Saab into a field this song was obsessive listening for hours when I got home from the hospital that evening.ĭon't stress about the meaning of juggernaut: in the UK (Thom, I guess, speaks "English") it means a large articulated lorry, a semi if you like, a truck with a trailer, the biggest commercial delivery vehicles you see on the roads. The song is about the horror of and surprise at surviving, an RTA (road traffic accident)- to me at least. But because Airbag is the first song, signifying rebirth and second chances, the cycle begins again. Or should be heard right after the Tourist (please refer to the Tourist page for my explanation.) I see it as a cycle the cd starts out with the realization of being happy to remain alive and slowly progresses to a climactic ending. I think that most of this cd (in subtle and not so subtle ways) goes on to point out how conforming we as a society really are to the values and rules set by our government (political leaders) yet we really have no control, or we may not realize how much influence they (the govnmt) really have, but we don't care anyway.Īnd I definitely agree with davidcoyote, I think the same thing about how Airbag is really the last song. I definitely agree with wilco, ok computer is a concept album, mainly about how technology affects our everyday life. I also have a feeling that when he says i am back to save the universe, he means this experience opened his eyes to a greater awarenes of what our existence means, and how he's gonna do things differently now that he has gotten a "2nd chance" at life. the airbag) It is about a feeling of rebirth and being happy to just be ALIVE. (Technology is the reason he's still alive i.e. It is about an immediate AWARENESS of how precious life is at the exact moment right after you avoid an accident, when you realize that you could have died, but didn't. ![]() I think everyone here except ktims has got the general idea of the meaning.
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