Just breaking off from burning the Wicca Person for Samhain to note that the Rend Collective song "My Lighthouse" is terrifying.
My lighthouse, my lighthouse
Shining in the darkness. I will follow You
The whole point of a lighthouse is to warn you about the rocks it's on. Basically, the whole message of a lighthouse is "don't come over here. You know where you are - that's a lot safer. You're in open water. I'm on the rocks. " Whatever you do, don't follow a lighthouse. It's good to be on the Rock. But not to be on the rocks.
Kids, be safe. Don't follow lighthouses.
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Not quite. Many lighthouses have coloured filters built into the lens array that make them flash red or other colours when viewed from certain angles. These literally do indicate a path along which ships can travel... Er... Safe and sound.
ReplyDeleteBut when they do so, it is to indicate a safe passage some distance from the lighthouse itself. Thus, the Needles Lighthouse has sectored lights to guide ships to keep south of Durlston Head on the Purbeck coast, and for ships coming from the NE, to keep clear of the points on the NW coast of the Isle of Wight.
DeleteOf course the other major problem with the song is that lighthouses don't move. So, how does one follow them?
Heard on the bridge:
ReplyDelete'Warning - you are heading towards me. Turn 30 degrees to port.'
'No. I have right of way. You turn 30 degrees to port.'
'This is a final warning. Turn 30 degrees to port.'
'I am an aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. You turn 30 degrees to port.'
'I am a lighthouse. Turn 30 degrees to port.'
Mixed metaphors, the glory of the English language....Dorothy L Sayers quotes one which (since she was a clergyman's daughter)is probably genuine.
ReplyDeleteNervous curate in pulpit: "Lord, teach us to take our hearts and look them in the face, however difficult it may be."
Mixed metaphors, the glory of the English language....Dorothy L Sayers quotes one which (since she was a clergyman's daughter)is probably genuine.
ReplyDeleteNervous curate in pulpit: "Lord, teach us to take our hearts and look them in the face, however difficult it may be."