Naming
To match RDM's description of what the music's source is, the article is not named after the song title to avoid direct association with the "Earthly" version. RDM notes this song was, through some mystical source, created by someone on the Colonies. Until someone actually uses the song title in an episode, it's best to do that. A redirect with the song title points to here. --Spencerian 10:13, 27 March 2007 (CDT)
Lyrics
I added the All along the watchtower line to the lyrics. Oddly, this line is repeated twice in place of the complete third verse, which is missing from the show.--RUSnooky 00:30, 28 March 2007 (CDT)
The Music in Context
There are a couple of things about the music I find curious in context with the show. First off, as I mention above, the third verse, with the exception of the title line is completely eliminated from the show. Does this mean the Colonial who wrote it (according to RDM) didn't write this line, or did it just not fit in the context of the show. That verse is:
- "All along the watchtower, princes kept the view"
- "While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too."
- "Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,"
- "Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl."
Also, if you watch the scene again, the lyrics below happen just as Lee finds Kara
- "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"