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To shed skin and begin
An intake that will make a difference in
Clear thinking for conquering
Any fear that is thrown in direction
When at a weak point or time of suffering
The edge won't quit if there is no giving in
To what drags on to be negative
Or seem wrong to live to carry back home
With full intent and better sense
To recognize what is false and part with it,
Knowing doubtless by instinct
Which triggers thought on how to grow
In soul without gold or praised lies
Which keep the sheep all right with anything
That seems safe and convenient.
An intake that will make a difference in
Clear thinking for conquering
Any fear that is thrown in direction
When at a weak point or time of suffering
The edge won't quit if there is no giving in
To what drags on to be negative
Or seem wrong to live to carry back home
To recognize what is false and part with it,
Knowing doubtless by instinct
Which triggers thought on how to grow
That seems safe and convenient.
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i think it sends a broad message out that if you try you will succeed but what do i know anyway
obviously its about what they feel to be "better sense". haha. No, what they are saying effectively is "use your mind", question the questions, do not be afraid of living your life how you see fit...work against accepted truths. However, as the song emphasizes, doing so allows you to "to grow in soul without gold or praised lies". Therefore endeavour to find truths through the muck of society which give "the sheep"(population of followers) a safe and convienant world with little substance to their lives...you can also say its about courage in a way, courage to go your own way....very similar to manual. But again most of their songs carry the motif.
Chuck Ragan said he wrote the song at a time in his life when he was reading the work of environmentalist author Daniel Quinn. "As a result, I found myself constantly searching and yearning for an understanding of our human origins as well as what brought our culture to such a state of chaos where we've drifted away from a predominantly hunter gatherer lifestyle," Ragan told us. "This song was written after hitchhiking home after a long night in the woods where I ditched my clothes, covered myself in mud to fend off mosquitos, climbed to the top of a live oak tree on Paynes Prairie till the sun came up and pondered the reasons and ways where humans started to live more as takers than leavers."
Ragan continued: "I'm glad no one stole my clothes. It would have made hitching home quite a bit more awkward."