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Quintessence Lyrics
Somewhere beyond the iron fence
lives the good heart of all men
But due to nature's bothering heights
A man must show no glimpse of gay nor fright
They say you must become an animal
For the animal to protect us
The good animal, and so
We go to war
I do agree, a deal
of men are purely evil
For whereas I was born with a spoon in me mouth
others are nurtured with a bullet in their hands
They say you must become an animal
For the animal to protect us
The good good animal, and so
We go to war
But I believe in a little bit of my young years
of tasting fruits of fear, in the depths of my own sorrows
Love is all I need to give
Although it clearly hasn't been dear to me
lives the good heart of all men
But due to nature's bothering heights
A man must show no glimpse of gay nor fright
For the animal to protect us
The good animal, and so
We go to war
of men are purely evil
For whereas I was born with a spoon in me mouth
others are nurtured with a bullet in their hands
For the animal to protect us
The good good animal, and so
We go to war
of tasting fruits of fear, in the depths of my own sorrows
Love is all I need to give
Although it clearly hasn't been dear to me
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I feel as though this song could possibly be a commentary on American politics. Why would an English performer care about American politics you ask? Well, most of the album is about Benjamin's experience in America. And he was on a Gorillaz Trump-diss track, so I think it fits. Anyhoo, I think "They say you must become an animal" means you have to choose to be a democrat or republican, donkey or elephant respectively. "The good animal" each party believe they are good, and the other is evil. "And so we go to war" It means both our country go to war with others, and the civil war between both political parties.