This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
Put down your sword
Send home your dogs
Open up your doors
Let down your guard
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
Put down your gun
Ignore the alarm
Open up your heart
Let down your guard
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
Put down your sword
Send home your dogs
Open up your doors
Let down your guard
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
Put down your gun
Ignore the alarm
Open up your heart
Let down your guard
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
It's in our nature
Lyrics submitted by chanyinkeen
In Our Nature Lyrics as written by Jose Gonzalez Erik Bodin
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think he means that people are naturally good and they should stop fighting and start to open up to each other.
or he means that people are naturally bad but they don't have to be like that.
yo creo que se trata de las emes del demonio hablando. ¿y tú?
mmm...sí parece que no hay caso con ellas, aunque ¿no será que es cierto "demonio" el que le habla a las emes?
nah, yo creo las emes son las culpables de todo... lejos las peores letras del abecedario.
la verdad es que sí...las peores. pero ya lo dice gonzález "...it's in our nature..."
lo dice mejor Let down your guard
aunque quede un infierno de dante Let down your guard
eso nos pasa por ignore the alarms...
si ya lo sabia(mos) ¿no?
si, pero vamos igual. insisto en que a veces es mejor aventurarse.
así que repito Let down your guard
Básicamente es eso, no? Como ya lo había dicho Kate Bush hace un par de décadas- "Harm is in us - Harm in us- but power to harm..."