You say there's freedom
Within our nature
Well I don't think you understand
Mother Earth has fallen to Mother Man
The Air, the Sea, the Grass, the Trees,
The nemesis is the major,
Fearless leader Mother Man.

Come on take a look
At what's become
Of the existence that leads
Or so we think
That's always a popular phrase
It suits the laws written
By dear Mother Man,
Those heavy hands.

What man creates man will surely destroy
The rule of thumb
In the mouths of little boys
Earth spins delight
We kill everything in sight
To serve the needs
And all purple skies will bleed

And a bird flies weak
Against polluted skies
Before it dies
And nature becomes illegal
According to rules
Made by fools

Sift through the information
Everlasting hesitation
To reveal all knowing vices
All the compomising prices
Untouched by the law binders
Setting standards to remind us
That the ink has dried
Behind the goal
We wish to achieve is gone


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Mother Man Lyrics as written by Rand Burkey Kelly R. Shaefer

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    I love this song. It's the one that got me hooked on this band.

    Sorrynametakenon August 26, 2005   Link
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    some of the song is about marijuana...

    cichon123on March 09, 2006   Link
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    wtf? this song has nothing to do with marijuana?!

    But yeah, this is the song that got be hooked on Atheist. This song has some incredible drumming and guitar work in it. Astonishing really. As for the meaning of this song, it's quite clear. It's about how much humans have affected this world, turned fields of grass and forests into metropolitan cities. It's about how humans (mother man) are destroying this world (mother nature)

    SpilltheBloodon August 27, 2006   Link
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    The vocalist states before this song in a live recording that it is (at least to some degree) about marijuana legalization. I think that'd only be these 3 lines though: And nature becomes illegal According to rules Made by fools

    Chard121on December 14, 2006   Link
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    The vocalist states before this song in a live recording that it is (at least to some degree) about marijuana legalization. I think that'd only be these 3 lines though: And nature becomes illegal According to rules Made by fools

    Chard121on December 14, 2006   Link
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    There are so many interesting or thought-provoking lines/stanzas in this song. "And a bird flies weak Against polluted skies Before it dies"

    "Sift through the information Everlasting hesitation To reveal all knowing vices All the compomising prices Untouched by the law binders Setting standards to remind us That the ink has dried Behind the goal We wish to achieve is gone"

    Brilliant music.

    havana4saleon August 23, 2008   Link

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