Apeman Lyrics

Lyric discussion by TehGreatMutato 

Cover art for Apeman lyrics by Kinks, The

Tailie,

Yeah, this song is about a life with meaning. We have become so overpopulated that human life no longer has value. The world (people) have gone crazy in response to dealing with it all... We forgot where we came from and pursue avenues of falsities.

In a world where the population exceeds the available space, a species will resort to a lack of respect and it's senses become "overloaded." Nature will also deal with it by increasing diseases, floods, etc.

If we can't or wont deal with it, if the universe is given enough time or pushed far enough, it will do it for us. It's the cycle of life and we are but a small, insignificant part of the 'whole'.

The song is about someone who wishes to go back to an earlier day where people respected each other, held value for one another, and things were generally much simpler... Much of what we once knew as life still exists, but it has been translated into our current situation... Instead of hunting, most of us work, etc.

The biggest problem with humanity right now is overpopulation, then religion being second to that.

Hmm, I kind of drifting here... Anyway, it's just about going back to a life that is less worrisome of our own species, less complicated (ie, straightfoward), and less of a high-speed rat race.

It's a good song.