Más enigmas sobre Siberian Khatru:
“I was playing this on acoustic guitar the other day. ‘Khatru’ means ‘as you wish’ in Yemeni. When we were working on it, I kept singing the word over and over again, even though I had no idea what it meant. I asked somebody to look it up for me, and when they told me the meaning, it worked for the song.
“I had already written most of it, but I needed help with some of the sections. I started playing it on guitar for the band, and then I realized that it needed a strong riff. Steve really helped out with some of the parts and, of course, the riff. The song could work with the riff and the vocals alone.
[Sings] “’Even Siberia goes through the motions… ‘” The idea is that Siberia is so far away. The Iron Curtain still existed, and Siberia was like this no man’s land. Russia is such a huge country, and the thought was that life still happens there as it does here."
Khatru significa como desees. Siberia representa una tierra de nadie. Al mismo tiempo está el telón de acero y la enormidad de Rusia. Y el pensamiento de que a pesar de todo eso, la vida existe también allí. Así que debe de ser algo como espiritual. Como desea un poder espiritual, hay vida hasta en Siberia. O algo así.
Carlos, te estoy echando de menos.
