Aliens have come and are attempting to enslave humanity. They have practically succeeded. Humans are preparing for a final upsurge. Originally, we were hiding. Now, we will fight. Nuclear weapons may be used ("let's make the earth move, let's make the ground shake") as a way of killing off the suppressors. I think the song is being sung through the voice of an army general or something, and is trying to convinve soldiers to fight for the sake of humanity. "We try to communicate
We've got no patience
Let's reclaim this throne
Why should we negotiate
Let's finish this now!" - sounds like pre-battle hype-up talk. The bit about "look what yo've done to yourself - you've lost the will to do what's right again", seems to be the general speaking to one soldier, maybe a coward, who is having second thoughts about fighting - "look what you've done to yourself" - you've scared yourself out of it.
"I hope for your sake that you're on our side" - If you're not, you're with the invaders. The enemy.
I believe this song is sort of switching between shouted rallying by the general trying to amp up the army, and private talks with one soldier worrying about it. Whatever happens after this song is unknown, doesn't sound good though =/ Maybe it's criticising the governments' way of solving things - "let's all fire missiles everywhere that's bound to work" - maybe this is a statement - we will destroy our own planet in trying to defend from an invasion of some kind, if not a physical incasion, then metaphorical one - i.e. anarchy etc.
I can see this being sort of a commentary on a typical human response given the situation you described. If a species advanced enough to cross interstellar or intergalactic space came to enslave us, I guarantee our little nuclear toys wouldn't do us much good.
I can see this being sort of a commentary on a typical human response given the situation you described. If a species advanced enough to cross interstellar or intergalactic space came to enslave us, I guarantee our little nuclear toys wouldn't do us much good.
If such a thing happened and the situation was made public I wouldn't even be surprised to hear world leaders deciding our best course of action is to try to bomb the sh!t out of them.
If such a thing happened and the situation was made public I wouldn't even be surprised to hear world leaders deciding our best course of action is to try to bomb the sh!t out of them.
What if they Tuh-kar-jawbs?
What if they Tuh-kar-jawbs?
I think I agree with Mortis on the lyrical topic though. We'd be flies...
I think I agree with Mortis on the lyrical topic though. We'd be flies to anything that advanced anyway. A situation like that wouldn't be worth worrying about let alone writing a song. They wouldn't need anything from us or our planet (guessing they could manipulate other matter and planets etc however they choose), and as far as documenting us I'm sure they could figure out everything there is to know about our behavioral patterns in a short time frame. We're probably not worth monitoring long-term, much less taking over or destroying. Former could probably be accomplished within seconds or hours depending on whether they can fiddle with time. Latter instant. I'm sure they'd use antimatter weapons unless there's a more efficient way of removing something from existence.
It's probably about our species' childish in-fighting as we go through our adolescence. F#ck are we dumb.
Aliens have come and are attempting to enslave humanity. They have practically succeeded. Humans are preparing for a final upsurge. Originally, we were hiding. Now, we will fight. Nuclear weapons may be used ("let's make the earth move, let's make the ground shake") as a way of killing off the suppressors. I think the song is being sung through the voice of an army general or something, and is trying to convinve soldiers to fight for the sake of humanity. "We try to communicate We've got no patience Let's reclaim this throne Why should we negotiate Let's finish this now!" - sounds like pre-battle hype-up talk. The bit about "look what yo've done to yourself - you've lost the will to do what's right again", seems to be the general speaking to one soldier, maybe a coward, who is having second thoughts about fighting - "look what you've done to yourself" - you've scared yourself out of it. "I hope for your sake that you're on our side" - If you're not, you're with the invaders. The enemy. I believe this song is sort of switching between shouted rallying by the general trying to amp up the army, and private talks with one soldier worrying about it. Whatever happens after this song is unknown, doesn't sound good though =/ Maybe it's criticising the governments' way of solving things - "let's all fire missiles everywhere that's bound to work" - maybe this is a statement - we will destroy our own planet in trying to defend from an invasion of some kind, if not a physical incasion, then metaphorical one - i.e. anarchy etc.
That's my interpretation ;] hehe
I can see this being sort of a commentary on a typical human response given the situation you described. If a species advanced enough to cross interstellar or intergalactic space came to enslave us, I guarantee our little nuclear toys wouldn't do us much good.
I can see this being sort of a commentary on a typical human response given the situation you described. If a species advanced enough to cross interstellar or intergalactic space came to enslave us, I guarantee our little nuclear toys wouldn't do us much good.
If such a thing happened and the situation was made public I wouldn't even be surprised to hear world leaders deciding our best course of action is to try to bomb the sh!t out of them.
If such a thing happened and the situation was made public I wouldn't even be surprised to hear world leaders deciding our best course of action is to try to bomb the sh!t out of them.
What if they Tuh-kar-jawbs?
What if they Tuh-kar-jawbs?
I think I agree with Mortis on the lyrical topic though. We'd be flies...
I think I agree with Mortis on the lyrical topic though. We'd be flies to anything that advanced anyway. A situation like that wouldn't be worth worrying about let alone writing a song. They wouldn't need anything from us or our planet (guessing they could manipulate other matter and planets etc however they choose), and as far as documenting us I'm sure they could figure out everything there is to know about our behavioral patterns in a short time frame. We're probably not worth monitoring long-term, much less taking over or destroying. Former could probably be accomplished within seconds or hours depending on whether they can fiddle with time. Latter instant. I'm sure they'd use antimatter weapons unless there's a more efficient way of removing something from existence.
It's probably about our species' childish in-fighting as we go through our adolescence. F#ck are we dumb.