I'm getting an interpretation that is quite different here. "The more that we take, the paler we get" strikes me as being about how people take so much from what is around them that it causes them to have less, to the point of not having enough to live. Even more, it is about people siding with a country or group and being so ignorant of others' pain due to the taking ("covering ourselves with lies"). We may look tough in this group bullying others, but in the end, we will acknowledge that we are not so tough.
Maybe it is about people needing to make a change, not just give out this fake "love" in the world; that isn't enough. If this change isn't done, we will end up back at the start, with all that was built going back into nothing but pieces to try and put together again instead of fixing and building upon what was already built...
I'm getting an interpretation that is quite different here. "The more that we take, the paler we get" strikes me as being about how people take so much from what is around them that it causes them to have less, to the point of not having enough to live. Even more, it is about people siding with a country or group and being so ignorant of others' pain due to the taking ("covering ourselves with lies"). We may look tough in this group bullying others, but in the end, we will acknowledge that we are not so tough.
Maybe it is about people needing to make a change, not just give out this fake "love" in the world; that isn't enough. If this change isn't done, we will end up back at the start, with all that was built going back into nothing but pieces to try and put together again instead of fixing and building upon what was already built...