| The Republic Tigers – Buildings & Mountains Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I agree with indierocknroll4me. Possibly dealing with industrialization, and the search for power over reverence for nature. Also, possibly recognizing the world the way it is around you. Maybe greed, like the above comment, where you are too focused on your tasks and success ladder and material things to look around and appreciate nature (or realize its demise). It could also be in a natural disaster type thing. It is always a possibility, but we think we the world is controllable force we can dominate for our benefit. In the case of a giant natural disaster, nature would show its power over man when we don’t expect it. ‘buildings and mountains’ how we develop alongside with nature. Historically, people tend to inhabit productive/beneficial places but when running out of space, move closer to less favorable territory (like the mountains). These mountains are beautiful, majestic, and have been there for a extremely long time. They are one force of nature that rarely is destroyed…with the exception of dynamite projects and slight erosion, but for the sake of argument, they are the one strong, present force of nature that people must cower under. So it can be harmony if the two arise together (if they are good to each other) or it can be man attempting to replicate nature in strength. Possibly trying to engineer/create something as strong and lasting as mountains out of steel — towering over all else to show dominance throughout time. ‘Why are we really here?’ —Philosophical question. What is the role you play in the world? But is it worth asking — it takes a lot of thought and questioning and doubt to struggle with identity and purpose in life. If we do see how little a part we individually have in the scheme of things, would we still live so purposefully? And individually, we are weak. Also, according to our scale of importance and values, ultimate being questions isn’t worth being worried about. ‘have you watched cities move?’ power move from place to place, growth of cities or immigration to cities, and also the people moving around in them, and transportation, and ever-growing suburbs and buildings. ‘does nature fall before this age of industry’ is industrialized world overshadowing nature? Are we even in touch with nature anymore, or just replacing it — attempting to engineer and build and ‘better’ our world. The world we have conquered. ‘For today I’ll let it go, you’ve been good to me…’ possibly he will allow and appreciate nature’s power — an exception to the heavy destructive ability of man, his conquests, his inventions, and development. |
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