what is "Carol Masters" about? - Page 2 - Alphaville Forum

Streetside Romeo · 14 Jul 2001, 16:24

It`s not á call to take her homewards, but to take her homewards to herself!
So I rather see a lonely frightened woman/child?, in fear of the day, of the bog world outside, hauintedby childish nightmares, wishing to evade because she seems not to find the warmth and tenderness she needs to grow.

*we are waiting for the new light*

Lee · 14 Jul 2001, 21:49

Exactly !
...Leonie.

Trent · 15 Jul 2001, 15:29

Almost what I said as well...only thing is different is that there are too many mentions of outerspace for me to think it is just a woman trying to find her inner child...is what I think you're trying to say here...And as I have said...that was only me own interpretation of this song...I can't exactly say what was in Mr. Golds mind when he wrote this. She could be searching for that inner child yes...but maybe that inner child is on Mars...What I am trying to say is...I grew up all over the world..and most of me childhood was in another place than I am as an adult..so bits and pieces of me are in Scotland and Italy..I long to go back to those places all the time to see where I grew up...were I used to play and try to get back some of those memories that I had as a child that made me feel safe and secure...So going homewards to yourself can also be another place or even another time...There is too much in this universe that is NOT parallel to our own thinking

<h6>"When I close my eyes, I see my soul...When I open them, I see yours"...
Trent
</h6>

Joker · 23 Jul 2001, 09:44

Text

Marian once said that Carol Masters is about a girl (Carol Masters) who lives in a home for psychic ill people and every night she dreams herself out of this home and away to Mars. In the end she is really able to go to Mars

Mr. Picard · 23 Jul 2001, 14:30

Really?! That helps me a lot with understanding these lyrics....
<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

<h6>*It doesn't matter*</h6>

Avil · 23 Jul 2001, 17:09

So it´s about a real person?? I didn´t know that...hm..whatever...
I suppose Marian knows what the song is about...lol.

But hey, how could that girl go to Mars then?? Weird!

-I love you dangerously-

Joker · 24 Jul 2001, 10:53

I think the message about this girl really going to Mars in the end is that if really believe in your dreams they will come true once in what form ever ...

Mags · 09 Sep 2003, 16:09

Old old topic...and not that I have anything rivoting to add about it, but I have really been stuck on this song lately, because it's getting to be fall and my mind is flashing back to my first fall after getting to know Berlin. Carol Masters was my theme for life that summer and fall, along with The Neverending Story (dream a dream, and what you see will be...

).

Two years ago, the fall of 2001 my mind lived in Berlin, it was all I could think about after my August trip. And Carol Masters was so much a part of me, before the trip, I was constantly sitting before my window or on my balcony, staring into the night and listening for that call that might put me better in touch with myself, for I knew things were changing, somehow! Then I broke the glass (that seems to materialize around perfectly obedient daughters) and followed the dream and went to Berlin even if it meant complete estrangement from my family (fortunately temporary

).

After my trip and I knew I HAD to return to Berlin for good, the pavement between the stars continued to be rough, whether with trying and trying to make my parents understand (still haven't succeeded there

) and the impossibities of finding a job and moving to Germany during such a bad economic slump...but I found a path, so now am immersed here in a feeling that I have known since I was young, even if I can't explain what it is. My dog and I walk the streets, and it's amazing, we live here!!!

Marian said once that the lyrics are open to multiple personal interpretations, well, there's mine, a fraction of the pages I could write on this topic

. Joker is right about what Alphaville was originally thinking

. (and sorry to be so long-winded!!!)

Dustin · 10 Sep 2003, 09:23

I believe somewhere Marian said that "Nelson is appearing in Carol Masters". Whatever that means lol.

jetset · 12 Sep 2003, 20:42

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quote:Originally posted by Dustin

I believe somewhere Marian said that "Nelson is appearing in Carol Masters". Whatever that means lol.

I have to confess that the very title "CAROL MASTERS" sounds weird for my french ears. First, "Carol" could stand either for a girl's name or something like a "Xmas carol" ('sure it has nothing to do w/ it), and as for "masters", could come from "to master--->she masters", or come from the name "master--->the masters that control Carol". Can't catch the meaning. Mags ?

09 Sep 2003, 16:09	#18
Mags Moonshine Join Date: 11 Feb 2003 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1,984	Old old topic...and not that I have anything rivoting to add about it, but I have really been stuck on this song lately, because it's getting to be fall and my mind is flashing back to my first fall after getting to know Berlin. Carol Masters was my theme for life that summer and fall, along with The Neverending Story (dream a dream, and what you see will be...). Two years ago, the fall of 2001 my mind lived in Berlin, it was all I could think about after my August trip. And Carol Masters was so much a part of me, before the trip, I was constantly sitting before my window or on my balcony, staring into the night and listening for that call that might put me better in touch with myself, for I knew things were changing, somehow! Then I broke the glass (that seems to materialize around perfectly obedient daughters) and followed the dream and went to Berlin even if it meant complete estrangement from my family (fortunately temporary ). After my trip and I knew I HAD to return to Berlin for good, the pavement between the stars continued to be rough, whether with trying and trying to make my parents understand (still haven't succeeded there ) and the impossibities of finding a job and moving to Germany during such a bad economic slump...but I found a path, so now am immersed here in a feeling that I have known since I was young, even if I can't explain what it is. My dog and I walk the streets, and it's amazing, we live here!!! Marian said once that the lyrics are open to multiple personal interpretations, well, there's mine, a fraction of the pages I could write on this topic . Joker is right about what Alphaville was originally thinking . (and sorry to be so long-winded!!!) Open your eyes and let the sun break in for a while...there may be something that you've never seen inside...

10 Sep 2003, 09:23	#19
Dustin Dreamer Join Date: 24 Jan 2003 Location: Bonn, , Germany. Posts: 147	I believe somewhere Marian said that "Nelson is appearing in Carol Masters". Whatever that means lol. ------------------------- who the heck could be bigger than Bernhard and smarter than Gold!?

14 Jul 2001, 16:24	#11
Streetside Romeo Strange Attractor Join Date: 18 Mar 2001 Location: Dötlingen, Germany Posts: 742	It`s not á call to take her homewards, but to take her homewards to herself! So I rather see a lonely frightened woman/child?, in fear of the day, of the bog world outside, hauintedby childish nightmares, wishing to evade because she seems not to find the warmth and tenderness she needs to grow. we are waiting for the new light

14 Jul 2001, 21:49	#12
Lee Dreamer Join Date: 21 Jan 2001 Location: Earth,Netherlands. Posts: 40	Exactly ! ...Leonie.

15 Jul 2001, 15:29	#13
Trent Dreamer Join Date: 22 Dec 2000 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA. Posts: 2,357	Almost what I said as well...only thing is different is that there are too many mentions of outerspace for me to think it is just a woman trying to find her inner child...is what I think you're trying to say here...And as I have said...that was only me own interpretation of this song...I can't exactly say what was in Mr. Golds mind when he wrote this. She could be searching for that inner child yes...but maybe that inner child is on Mars...What I am trying to say is...I grew up all over the world..and most of me childhood was in another place than I am as an adult..so bits and pieces of me are in Scotland and Italy..I long to go back to those places all the time to see where I grew up...were I used to play and try to get back some of those memories that I had as a child that made me feel safe and secure...So going homewards to yourself can also be another place or even another time...There is too much in this universe that is NOT parallel to our own thinking <h6>"When I close my eyes, I see my soul...When I open them, I see yours"... Trent </h6>

23 Jul 2001, 09:44	#14
Joker Dreamer Join Date: 21 Jan 2001 Posts: 485	Text Marian once said that Carol Masters is about a girl (Carol Masters) who lives in a home for psychic ill people and every night she dreams herself out of this home and away to Mars. In the end she is really able to go to Mars

23 Jul 2001, 14:30	#15
Mr. Picard Streetside Romeo Join Date: 27 Dec 2000 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posts: 1,307	Really?! That helps me a lot with understanding these lyrics.... <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle> <h6>It doesn't matter</h6>

23 Jul 2001, 17:09	#16
Avil The dream Join Date: 12 Nov 2000 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 8,154	So it´s about a real person?? I didn´t know that...hm..whatever... I suppose Marian knows what the song is about...lol. But hey, how could that girl go to Mars then?? Weird! -I love you dangerously-

24 Jul 2001, 10:53	#17
Joker Dreamer Join Date: 21 Jan 2001 Posts: 485	I think the message about this girl really going to Mars in the end is that if really believe in your dreams they will come true once in what form ever ...