The singer must die
Im currently reading ’Do androids dream of electric sheep’ and I found an interesting connection to the line ”I suppose the singer must die”. In the book, without spoiling, the main character, a bounty hunter in an apocalyptic world is chasing down an opera singer and is approaching her during their rehearsal.
From the book: ”The rehearsal will end, the performance will end, the singers will die.”
This book also is what inspired Blade Runner (I haven’t seen it btw) and has brilliant nonsensical phrasing that I can imagine has had an impact in the lyrics for multiple of the later albums.
Things such as ”The department’s speedy beefed-up hovercar” ”A-powered sealed-beam light” ”nondirectional Penfield wave transmitter” reads very Alex to me, Blonde-o-sonic shimmer trap type stuff and with TBHC.
Would be very interested in similar connections from books