this song is the most explicit declaration of a theme SGM explores throughout its albums: powerlessness.
mankind's utter powerlessness against many things: against its own urges and obsessions (Sleep Is Wrong, FC: The Freedom Club); against its own institutions (The Creature, Formicary); against its own physical frailty (Baby Doctor, The Cockroach); and against the very order of nature and time (The Donkey Headed Adversary, The Salt Crown).
it's all kind of a downer -- but it's real, it's thought-provoking and it's delivered with a voice that's all SGM's own.
and that's exactly what great art is meant to be and do, in my opinion.
this song is the most explicit declaration of a theme SGM explores throughout its albums: powerlessness.
mankind's utter powerlessness against many things: against its own urges and obsessions (Sleep Is Wrong, FC: The Freedom Club); against its own institutions (The Creature, Formicary); against its own physical frailty (Baby Doctor, The Cockroach); and against the very order of nature and time (The Donkey Headed Adversary, The Salt Crown).
it's all kind of a downer -- but it's real, it's thought-provoking and it's delivered with a voice that's all SGM's own.
and that's exactly what great art is meant to be and do, in my opinion.