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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
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
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
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
Against polluted skies
Before it dies
And nature becomes illegal
According to rules
Made by fools
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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I love this song. It's the one that got me hooked on this band.
some of the song is about marijuana...
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)
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
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
Incorrect. He said they dedicate the song to the cause of legalization of marijuana when they play it live. It is not explicitly what the song is about.
Incorrect. He said they dedicate the song to the cause of legalization of marijuana when they play it live. It is not explicitly what the song is about.
The song is clearly about nature falling to mankind.
The song is clearly about nature falling to mankind.
Combining the fact that he dedicates the song to marijuana legalization, I think the "nature becomes illegal" thing is clearly about pot. Anyway, yes, of course the rest of the song is about man's rape of the natural world. The two ideas are not incompatible.
Combining the fact that he dedicates the song to marijuana legalization, I think the "nature becomes illegal" thing is clearly about pot. Anyway, yes, of course the rest of the song is about man's rape of the natural world. The two ideas are not incompatible.
Yeah, no. I think that line is more just talking about how we're destroying nature so fast it seems like we want it to just be gone.
Yeah, no. I think that line is more just talking about how we're destroying nature so fast it seems like we want it to just be gone.
Atheist isn't really the type of band to just throw in a "legalize pot bro SWED SWED SWED" in the middle of a serious song... Even if they do dedicate it to legalizing marijuana live.
Atheist isn't really the type of band to just throw in a "legalize pot bro SWED SWED SWED" in the middle of a serious song... Even if they do dedicate it to legalizing marijuana live.
No idea what "SWED" is, but why do you think that people who dedicate a song to marijuana legalization couldn't possibly have any lyrics about marijuana legalization?
No idea what "SWED" is, but why do you think that people who dedicate a song to marijuana legalization couldn't possibly have any lyrics about marijuana legalization?
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.