Enemy Gene

I don't know what it means, but it sounds like Kevin is saying, "particle wave duality" not "part of it's duality"

If the end of the world has ever happened, this must be it (as opposed to "begin")

Whoever transcribed this song.... wow way to miss its whole point. Its "Particle-wave duality," not "Part of its duality." This song is about not being equipped to answer big questions or even understand ourselves in the face of an unknowable universe ("How can we ever evolve if our gods are so primitive?")

Of course, somebody reading this site might never pick up on that because you missed the whole quantum physics connection. And this site is supposed to help you find Song Meanings? Seriously, I can't facepalm hard enough over that error.

Religious interpretations are definitely accurate, but I feel that all of Barnes' songs have to be viewed with a perspective that includes mental illness. Enemy Gene and Gronlandic Edic, especially.
The Enemy Gene is the bipolar disorder from which he suffers. He literally has a gene that makes him an enemy to himself and those he loves. He can't trust his fractious heart because he knows the bipolar will make him betray everyone, repeatedly.

"aren’t you sick of the con, not quite Homo-Luminous"

This whole album is about religion. They sound like love songs at first but Kevins writing is multilayered to say the least.

The 'enemy gene' is the capacity for love and devotion. It changes your decision making (irrationality, 'breaking the machine')

'everything is born in shame, it’s not just me, particle wave duality' I think this physics reference is being used as an analogy as to 'no matter how different we think we are from other people or religions we are all capable of love and devotion' or we all have the 'enemy gene' which is not necessaarily a good thing ('how can I trust my fractious heart').

To me, this song is about religion, uncertainty, control, corporate slavery and a kind of spiritual atheism. He talks about the "con" which is this hollow, artificial, unsustainable, modern western life. How there is no 'home' or community. Just loneliness from our false, us vs. them, selfish ignorant materialism. The loneliness from sitting home alone drinking beer watching sports. Keeping yourself ignorant. He talks about 'zombies' expecting so little. The fact that so few here know what the 'particle wave duality' is is saddening. (In quantum physics matter is a wave and particle at the same time. The collapse of the wave function is also very interesting.) That explains the lyrics, Everything's half apart, what can it mean?, and 'Everything's half a dream, how can it be?'. I believe the zombies also represent the indoctrinated religious people and unaware corporate slaves. They have such a small impoverished narrow view of life and miss the awesomeness of science and the true beauty of nature. Which explains, 'How can we ever evolve When our gods are so primitive? They destroy the film'. The 'film' the stage, our lives... Religion is a meme virus. 'They destroy our hope for peace, hope for love, oh'. 'Love breaks the machine' This speaks to abandoning religion and false divisions among us. Love also breaks the machine of capitalism and the it's sister the military industrial complex as well as bigotry and racism. 'I know that we'll never survive This little victory' Talks about how people often rise up against injustice, usually the systems of indoctrination resume control of their minds and they eventually forget. 'How can we ever evolve When our gods are so primitive?' One last thought here, spirituality's true realization is not the mediocre mythologies of religion and gods judging us. It is much more vast and astonishing. The universe isn't a jealous space person who cares if you go to church or follow ridiculous rituals, it doesn't tell you to hate gays or people who don't follow your particular mythological space fairytale. Once again, the religions of today are primitive, they keep human kind from reaching it's true potential. They just tell you to keep your head down and wait for the afterlife... The time on earth is short and relatively unimportant compared to the eternity in hell or heaven you may face. I urge anyone reading this to reconsider what benefits you have really gained with religion.

I leave you with this quote by Steven Weinberg, “Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.”

Peace and love to all!

It's "particle-wave duality."

I feel like the 'enemy gene' could be homosexuality. I'm not sure, but is Georgie FRuit gay? I know he had two sex changes.

Actually folks, this song is actually about this mind blowing aspect:

Humans are creations that can achieve (and actually make up the thought of) having complete peace and love amongst one another. Yet, because of the very way we are created, we naturally DON'T achieve the thing that only humans can be capable of as a special existence.

I thought this was a cool song for the reason of interpreting this song in this way.