Twitter User Determines That Toto's "Africa" Is About A Lovesick Werewolf In Africa

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    twitter - Text - David Hines @hradzka "gonna take a lot to drag me away from you/ there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do" so why is the singer not with her now? This is my theory of Toto's "Africa:"
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    twitter - Text - David Hines @hradzka in Toto's "Africa," why is the speaker in Africa in the first place? Answer: he is "hoping to find some long-forgotten words or ancient melodies." He is a student of the occult.
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    twitter - Text - David Hines @hradzka Why has the singer of Toto's "Africa" gone to Africa, leaving his love, in order to hunt up obscure folklore? He tells you: "I seek to cure what's deep inside/ frightened of this thing that I've become." ie, he's a goddamn werewolf
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    twitter - Text - David Hines @hradzka "wild dogs cry out in the night / as they grow restless, longing for some solitary company" those aren't dogs
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    twitter - Text - David Hines @hradzka Why does he bless the rains down in Africa? Because the cloud cover blocks the moon
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    twitter - Text - David Hines @hradzka tldr: Toto's "Africa" is about a lovesick werewolf in Africa seeking out ancient lore to find a cure for his unfortunate condition
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    twitter - Text - CaughtHerEyes @Rkplayer251 Replying to @hradzka Imean have you considered the other lines.... "I hear the drums echoing tonight /the cheers only a whisper of some quiet converation"
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    twitter - Text - CaughtHerEyes @Rkplayer251 Replying to @hradzka Normally drums and cheers echoing in the night, symbolise the drums of a hunting party. We're possibly coming into the story just after a fellow beast has been killed by a werewolf hunting party and hears them celebrating the kill

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