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What is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald song the man is whistling in Severance Season 2 Episode 5?
In the opening sequence of Severance Season 2 Episode 5, Trojan's Horse, we see an unidentified man who is an Exports Hall employee pushing a cart into Optics & Design at Lumon, while whistling the tune to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. Here's what exactly that song is about, and how it may be a huge clue for what's going on in Severance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI What is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald about? The roughly six-minute song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was written, composed, and performed by Canadian singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in 1976. Lightfoot wrote the song to memorialize the sinking of a bulk carrier ship, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, that sank just a year earlier in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Lyrically, the song tells the story of the final voyage of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank in Lake Superior due to a massive storm, killing all 29 crewmen on board. At its core, the song tells the tale of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Let's take a look at the first verse from the song: The legend lives on from the Chippewa on downOf the big lake they call Gitche GumeeThe lake, it is said, never gives up her deadWhen the skies of November turn gloomyWith a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons moreThan the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed emptyThat good ship and true was a bone to be chewedWhen the gales of November came early How does the song tie into Severance? It's important to keep in mind that with a show as cryptic and mysterious as Severance, everything is purely speculation. But while the man could just be whistling this tune because he fancies it, I think it's a bigger clue to several aspects of the show. For starters, the song may be a bigger clue as to where the world of Severance actually takes place. All we know for certain is that it's in a town called Kier, with the state code of PE. That's not a real state code, but rather a fictional one for the purpose of the show. The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald happened in Lake Superior which resides in and around the northern Great Lakes states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This isn't the first reference to that area, so it may be a clue as to the geographical location of the town of Kier. More importantly, however, the lyrics themselves may offer a clue into the bigger picture of what's going on in Severance. In Episode 5, Drummond informs Mr. Milchick that "Mark Scout's completion of Cold Harbor will be remembered as one of the greatest moments in the history of this planet." He then references Mark's MDR completion percentage, which he later progresses to 85%. So what could all this mean? Cold Harbor is clearly a special project by Lumon, that Mark is involved with unknowingly. A popular theory right now is that Lumon is attempting to perfect some sort of cloning technology, which would somewhat explain why Mark's deceased wife, Gemma, has appeared on the severed floor as Ms. Casey. An early computer screen in Severance Season 2 showed a picture of Gemma/Ms. Casey, with several stats on the screen which appears to be vitals of some sort, as well as five sections at the bottom each with four categories: WO, DR, FC, MA. Severance fans were quick to point out this probably references the four tempers, which Lumon founder Kier Eagan mentioned in Season 1, stating "Each man's character is defined by the precise ratio that resides in him. Woe, Frolic, Dread, Maliace." Those four certainly fit with the WO, DR, MC, FA at the bottom of the screen. Ms. Cobel also reads a quote from Eagan in Season 1: "Tame in me the tempers four, that I may serve thee evermore." It's possible The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald is a subtle nod to what Lumon is actually up to, with this simple lyric in the first verse: The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead. It's possible, perhaps, that Lumon is trying to figure out how to use Kier Eagan's four tempers to perfectly clone someone, in an attempt to actually clone Kier Eagan. Mark's connection to Gemma is what is allowing him to do his "Marco Data Refinement" which is actually using the four tempers to help create a perfect clone of Gemma/Ms. Casey, that will later be used to clone Kier Eagan himself. A wild theory, for sure. But this is Severance we're talking about, so nothing is off the table. The post What is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald song the man is whistling in Severance Season 2 Episode 5? appeared first on Destructoid.
In the opening sequence of Severance Season 2 Episode 5, Trojan's Horse, we see an unidentified man who is an Exports Hall employee pushing a cart into Optics & Design at Lumon, while whistling the tune to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. Here's what exactly that song is about, and how it may be a huge clue for what's going on in Severance.
What is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald about?
The roughly six-minute song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was written, composed, and performed by Canadian singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in 1976. Lightfoot wrote the song to memorialize the sinking of a bulk carrier ship, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, that sank just a year earlier in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.
Lyrically, the song tells the story of the final voyage of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank in Lake Superior due to a massive storm, killing all 29 crewmen on board. At its core, the song tells the tale of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Let's take a look at the first verse from the song:
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early
How does the song tie into Severance?
It's important to keep in mind that with a show as cryptic and mysterious as Severance, everything is purely speculation. But while the man could just be whistling this tune because he fancies it, I think it's a bigger clue to several aspects of the show.
For starters, the song may be a bigger clue as to where the world of Severance actually takes place. All we know for certain is that it's in a town called Kier, with the state code of PE. That's not a real state code, but rather a fictional one for the purpose of the show. The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald happened in Lake Superior which resides in and around the northern Great Lakes states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This isn't the first reference to that area, so it may be a clue as to the geographical location of the town of Kier.
More importantly, however, the lyrics themselves may offer a clue into the bigger picture of what's going on in Severance. In Episode 5, Drummond informs Mr. Milchick that "Mark Scout's completion of Cold Harbor will be remembered as one of the greatest moments in the history of this planet." He then references Mark's MDR completion percentage, which he later progresses to 85%. So what could all this mean?
Cold Harbor is clearly a special project by Lumon, that Mark is involved with unknowingly. A popular theory right now is that Lumon is attempting to perfect some sort of cloning technology, which would somewhat explain why Mark's deceased wife, Gemma, has appeared on the severed floor as Ms. Casey. An early computer screen in Severance Season 2 showed a picture of Gemma/Ms. Casey, with several stats on the screen which appears to be vitals of some sort, as well as five sections at the bottom each with four categories: WO, DR, FC, MA.
Severance fans were quick to point out this probably references the four tempers, which Lumon founder Kier Eagan mentioned in Season 1, stating "Each man's character is defined by the precise ratio that resides in him. Woe, Frolic, Dread, Maliace." Those four certainly fit with the WO, DR, MC, FA at the bottom of the screen. Ms. Cobel also reads a quote from Eagan in Season 1: "Tame in me the tempers four, that I may serve thee evermore."
It's possible The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald is a subtle nod to what Lumon is actually up to, with this simple lyric in the first verse: The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead. It's possible, perhaps, that Lumon is trying to figure out how to use Kier Eagan's four tempers to perfectly clone someone, in an attempt to actually clone Kier Eagan. Mark's connection to Gemma is what is allowing him to do his "Marco Data Refinement" which is actually using the four tempers to help create a perfect clone of Gemma/Ms. Casey, that will later be used to clone Kier Eagan himself.
A wild theory, for sure. But this is Severance we're talking about, so nothing is off the table.
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