After The Gold Rush, A Cursory Analysis.

Written by Neil Young
© 1970 Cotillion Music / Broken Arrow Music (BMI)

Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
Sayin' something about a queen
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree

There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
There was floating on the breeze
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the Twentieth Century
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the Twentieth Century

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky

There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like I could cry
I was thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie

Thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie

I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones

All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home in the sun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home






First Observations;
A beautiful, poetic song, from a deep level of consciousness.

Lachrymose[crying] predominant=Depression/Resolution

Mother nature's, 'Silver Seed', 'New home in the Sun'= coniunctio symbolism

Extra Terrestrial, 'New Home', ie[ higher than 'earth']] consciousness achieved, realisation of solitude=Sorrow

'Archer, 'splits the tree', Cupid?Eros? Tree [tree of life, Yggdrasil, etc] , ie, dissociation begins[schism]

'Breeze', ie, 'Pneuma', or 'God imago' lending power to process.

'Knights'[in white satin?] Personal ego consciousness, instincts, etc , saying, 'something about a Queen', [Anima symbol='Self'', although archaic, ie mediaeval? to be replaced with new imago, ie, 'Silver Spaceships',
new, 'self imago' = Technos]

Primary conclusion? resolution of mental 'breakdown'. Contents of collective unconscious made manifest,
ie, Song is a healing symbol! [to repair the,'Burned Out Basement'], 'The Chosen Ones? perhaps they are part of a grand 'Mandala', or a plethora of alternatives, Saints, etc, all will aid the healing process, 'Mother Earth', needs our help!  Colours Flying!

David Bowie, 'crack in the sky,a hand reaching down', 'The strange ones in the Dome', repeat the themata, of this song, in many of his productions. Beautiful symbolism, but still, only symbols...

and ITAYA FOUSSA...SHOWS SIMILAR SYMBOLISM...[SEE OTHER POSTING]