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by aaronsteindler

10y ago

I must confess that I only know this song through playing MLB the Show '16, but the more I heard this song, the more catchy it seemed to get. I finally looked up the lyrics, and I think I've gotten it down:

"So why try take more than I got. More more, we only want more..." Basically, this verse is about over-indulgence in the 1st World, meanwhile others in the same world are super poor and "wearing rags"

"It's a phenomenon that goes on and on; saying it right, but you're doing it wrong" Everybody knows that our over-indulgence is a problem and that we need to stop damaging our environment, yet most of us continue to do it.

"Don't try making it last now, sooner or later you're a thing of the past" The precise reason why people continue to over-indulge: life is short and we all want to enjoy it to the fullest, even if it destroys future generations

The entire verse that begins with "we are we are the angry apes" explains the conflict on how we are the angry apes (the ones who consume all the fruits and natural resources of our world), but we are also supposed to be the fire brigade (the ones who try to fix the problems we created). Similarly, we are the thief (the ones who "steal" natural resources), yet we are also the judge and jury (the ones who decide our own guilt and consequences). Because of this conflict, we don't stop ourselves from draining the environment.

Basically, the conclusion is that we are all in this conflict together, where, in our own minds, we cannot help but continue the lifestyle that leads to environmental harm that we know is bad for us all. We must all either work together to change this, or we may never be the same again. I must say that this is a brilliantly written song by an underrated band.

I must confess that I only know this song through playing MLB the Show '16, but the more I heard this song, the more catchy it seemed to get.  I finally looked up the lyrics, and I think I've gotten it down:

"So why try take more than I got.  More more, we only want more..."
Basically, this verse is about over-indulgence in the 1st World, meanwhile others in the same world are super poor and "wearing rags"

"It's a phenomenon that goes on and on; saying it right, but you're doing it wrong" 
Everybody knows that our over-indulgence is a problem and that we need to stop damaging our environment, yet most of us continue to do it.

"Don't try making it last now, sooner or later you're a thing of the past"
The precise reason why people continue to over-indulge:  life is short and we all want to enjoy it to the fullest, even if it destroys future generations

The entire verse that begins with "we are we are the angry apes" explains the conflict on how we are the angry apes (the ones who consume all the fruits and natural resources of our world), but we are also supposed to be the fire brigade (the ones who try to fix the problems we created).  Similarly, we are the thief (the ones who "steal" natural resources), yet we are also the judge and jury (the ones who decide our own guilt and consequences).  Because of this conflict, we don't stop ourselves from draining the environment.

Basically, the conclusion is that we are all in this conflict together, where, in our own minds, we cannot help but continue the lifestyle that leads to environmental harm that we know is bad for us all.  We must all either work together to change this, or we may never be the same again.  I must say that this is a brilliantly written song by an underrated band.

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