It Is As It Was

I think this song is talking about the confusions of existence. Why are we here? Where did we come from? What is our purpose? No one really knows, so we ignore it.

I always interpreted this song as an expression of dissapointment in parents and authority figures. I know that sounds terribly emo - but it makes sense, with the lyrics.

"The ones who made us are always looking for the ones who made them" seems to describe our preoccupation with the people who made us and raised us - our mothers try not to turn into their mothers, as we try not to turn into them. And the repeated line "Sorry that they/we didn't tell you about the world" shows how our parents failures become our own. Et al.

Most of the Lyrics of this song Derived from the movie "AI - Artificial Intelligence" which is going with the destroy the robots theme. I believe the song is about the human condition, always searching for answers to everything and a reason for human existence and trying to achieve the impossible, thats also roughly what the movie is about.

along all those lines... if i look at it simply & don't try to analyse the verses. from 'so sorry they didn't tell you about the world.. we're so sorry we didn't tell you about the world.' it's just like a cycle. it's like you grow up not having being warned of all the world's harsh realities & you're resentful for it but then you have kids yourself & you can never seem to quite find the right way, the right words to explain how it is or how it'll be for them so they grow up & experience it for themselves & in turn resent you.. so the cycle continues.