"Higher and Higher"

I listened to To Our Children's Children's Children yester-day and noticed a handful of features.

The first line of "Higher and Higher" exhibits alliteration:  "Blasting, billowing, bursting forth with the power of ten billion butterfly sneezes."  I think it's significant that the alliterative sound here is a plosive.  In a way, these plosives give the sense of a rocket's propulsion.

"Higher and Higher"

As the liner notes for To Our Children's Children's Children explain, "the imminent landing of the first man on the moon proved a major source of inspiration to the band."  This is probably most evident in "Higher and Higher."  It's obvious, but I'm going to note it anyway: to reflect the title, various elements in the music ascend.  The line "Climbing to tranquility far above the cloud" references Tranquility Base, the location on the moon where the astronauts landed.