Volcano (Gatsbys American Dream Album) - Allusions

Allusions

• The song name "A Mind of Metal and Wheels" comes from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, wherein Saruman is described as possessing "a mind of metal and wheels" by Treebeard, leader of the Ents.
• Track number 5 (Fable) is based on the William Golding novel The Lord of The Flies
• The song "The Giant's Drink" is based on the Orson Scott Card novel Ender's Game.
• The song "Shhhhhh! I'm Listening to Reason" alludes to a quote from the film Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
• The song "Meet Me At The Tavern In Bowerstone" is based on the Xbox/PC game Fable.
• "Your Only Escape" is about Interview with a Vampire.
• The song "Speaker for the Dead" is also a reference to an Orson Scott Card novel of the same name.
• Many of the lyrics from "The Badlands" are taken from The Lord of the Rings series.
• The song "The Loosing of the Shadow" is from the Ursula K. LeGuin novel A Wizard of Earthsea