This can also be taken in a more obvious religious context. You better beg forgiveness for these mistakes from whatever power you believe in, people need to humble themselves before nature and God and the earth, like things used to be, instead of raping and pillaging it. That makes us no better than the Devil's pirate friends, and I'm willing to bet those pirate friends didn't get through the pearly gates.
This can also be taken in a more obvious religious context. You better beg forgiveness for these mistakes from whatever power you believe in, people need to humble themselves before nature and God and the earth, like things used to be, instead of raping and pillaging it. That makes us no better than the Devil's pirate friends, and I'm willing to bet those pirate friends didn't get through the pearly gates.