| John Vanderslice – Kookaburra Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Urey_experiment lightning's a plausible scientific creation story. that's what the beginning is about - electricity creating life on earth. later on it gave us more: the terabyte. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Pete white phosphorous munitions burn everything they touch. the song has a vibe like nothing can be helped - "we can't be saved" - but white phosphorous is a decidedly human technology that humans choose to use. we cannot save ourselves, i think he's saying, from ourselves. it reminds me a little of the theories of Hans Jonas. we no longer control technology, technology controls us; lightning makes history just like it made us, and "Thunder clouds are tightening in the sky tonight." |
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