| Manic Street Preachers – The Everlasting Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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manics are idealogically motivated amongst other things... try looking at these lyrics from the point of view religion or the rejection of it (pathetic acts for a worthless cause). there are so many religious refernces in the manics work even their name (preachers) ... however their message is one of compassion from a humantarian point not through religion. the everlasting is one of the many names used for god. strikes me that this is an open declaration of the lack of religion in our society (the gap that grows between our lives etc)a gap between society and religon/god was not there in the past (gap our parents never had). but the lack of religion does not mean we are less capable of compassion ... hence the lyrics say 'we have a choice to end this void ...' the everlasting in this work refers ironically to the fact that we will be the 'everlasting unforgiven' unforgiven by god but our names may live on as a result of our compassion, to refugees etc. we will never be forgiven in religious terms due to our lack of belief ... christianity sees everlasting / eternal life as the result of foregiveness from god, (hence unforgiven). but we may live on by our reputations for what we have done (everlasting). alternatively it could be seen to be making the point that we will be unforgiven by future generations for evermore (everlasting) if we do not show compassion for our fellow humnan beings. try looking at the song from this point of view and the frugal lyrics paint a very big picture. |
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