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:''Said the joker to the thief''
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:''There's too much confusion''
:''There's too much confusion''
:''I get no relief''
:''I can't get no relief''
:''Businessman they drink my wine''
:''Businessmen they drink my wine''
:''Plowmen dig my earth''
:''Plowmen dig my earth''
:''None level on the line''
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:''Nobody of it is worth''
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:''Who feel that life is but a joke''
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:''But you and I we've been through that''
:''But you and I, we've been through that''
:''And this is not our fate''
:''And this is not our fate''
:''So let us not talk falsely now''
:''So let us not talk falsely now''
:''The hour's getting late''
:''The hour is getting late''


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 20:48, 27 March 2007

As the Fleet approaches the Ionian nebula, several people, specifically Saul Tigh, Samuel Anders, Tory Foster and Galen Tyrol, begin hearing fragments of strange music that only they can see and hear. The music becomes more distinct and distracting as the nebula gets closer.

Once the Fleet arrives at the Ionian nebula, the Music[1] reaches a piercing shrill. The Colonials affected not only hear the music complete, but begin to add lyrics as well. As the Fleet plunges into darkness, losing electrical power for reasons unknown, the music compels the four to meet in a isolated room.

The four are able to assemble the lyric fragments with the intact music to form a strange song. Because of the mutual experience, the four believe themselves to be Cylons. The source or cause of the music is not known (Crossroads, Part II).

At the end of the episode the song starts playing as background music for the viewers to hear. These are the complete lyrics that are sung:

There must be some way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Businessmen they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line
Know what any of it is worth
No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour is getting late

Notes

  • The music is, indeed, a version of Bob Dylan's song, "All Along The Watchtower," specially composed by series composer Bear McCreary.
  • The song is not intended to indicate that the Colonials have picked up an Earth communication.[2] Series executive producer Ron D. Moore considers the song to be an invention created by a Colonial citizen in a curious parallel to what had or will develop on Earth. The series creators have intentionally avoided citing whether Battlestar Galactica occurs in the real-world Earth's past, present, or future.

References

  1. This is a Battlestar Wiki descriptive term.
  2. From Bear McCreary's Blog], March 25, 2007.