Indigenous people and their "syrup" of choice.
"Hands to hunt and hold" - he's not cut out for post-modern capitalism. The verse beginning with "early day" talks about the demise of thousands of years of tradition after a bloody conquest.
The fight (for landrights, etc.) is too hard, too painful, so the only thing left to do is to drown it out with booze.
Indigenous people and their "syrup" of choice. "Hands to hunt and hold" - he's not cut out for post-modern capitalism. The verse beginning with "early day" talks about the demise of thousands of years of tradition after a bloody conquest. The fight (for landrights, etc.) is too hard, too painful, so the only thing left to do is to drown it out with booze.