One of my favorite Lightfoot songs. I always thought of him as a troubadour, a storyteller of the oral tradition with song as his medium. This song really illustrates that, and has a very Old Testament feel to it. The lament and the warning he pours into the lyrics are palpable: Beware thy pride, and know that civilization is a transitory thing against the backdrop of a world old beyond reckoning. Whether you call it God or nature or chance. That's what this song means, to me.
Insightful. Thing is, most people claim civilization is transitory, but the west doesn't think it applies to us. Previous civilizations understood that these things are cyclical. Our arrogance will be corrected some day
Insightful. Thing is, most people claim civilization is transitory, but the west doesn't think it applies to us. Previous civilizations understood that these things are cyclical. Our arrogance will be corrected some day
One of my favorite Lightfoot songs. I always thought of him as a troubadour, a storyteller of the oral tradition with song as his medium. This song really illustrates that, and has a very Old Testament feel to it. The lament and the warning he pours into the lyrics are palpable: Beware thy pride, and know that civilization is a transitory thing against the backdrop of a world old beyond reckoning. Whether you call it God or nature or chance. That's what this song means, to me.
Insightful. Thing is, most people claim civilization is transitory, but the west doesn't think it applies to us. Previous civilizations understood that these things are cyclical. Our arrogance will be corrected some day
Insightful. Thing is, most people claim civilization is transitory, but the west doesn't think it applies to us. Previous civilizations understood that these things are cyclical. Our arrogance will be corrected some day