I think this is about a "de-evolution" in a beautiful kind of way, the arrival of an utopic world in wich we all can live and let live.
The water is definitly life, we have all this "Evolution of species" reminders -in wich water is the craddle of life-, it talks about the fittest, and I think here the fittest is whomever is willing to respect life, the tyrant is anyone that attempts it's destruction. When it talks about seadrops foaming empty skulls it refers to true (utopic) wisdom -in the phillosophic way, where noone that gets to know REAL goodness could never do any wrong- overflowing the materialistic minds at last. I guess the reference to Atlantis means that the Utopy is reached, Atlantis was originially used by greeks as an anti-ideal realm, was later used in modern literature to describe an utopic society, but the important part is that both versions agree that Atlantis was destroyed (in ay case, Utopy undone) and along with Darwin's resurrection, it means life for every being...
Or "some sort" of life, not the life we know from everyday (let's not forget allusions to death characters) reminds me of the "Evangelion" anime's ending.
And I think "Fox and Hound" reminds us that Tuomas loves Disney's movies, as "Giant spiders" alludes to Tolkien's LOTR.
Mother, of course, is Nature. But the song is not about de-evolution (I like the expression), but it's about evolution in which mankind as we know is gone. Perhaps you're right, but it's de-evolution, but only for the man. The tyrant (mankind) returns to the sea (evolution begins from the sea). With the human gone, every other creature can live in peace & harmony.
Mother, of course, is Nature. But the song is not about de-evolution (I like the expression), but it's about evolution in which mankind as we know is gone. Perhaps you're right, but it's de-evolution, but only for the man. The tyrant (mankind) returns to the sea (evolution begins from the sea). With the human gone, every other creature can live in peace & harmony.
The idea of the song is, roughly speaking, that humans are the scum of the Earth, and that they are ruining everything. Without the human, everything and...
The idea of the song is, roughly speaking, that humans are the scum of the Earth, and that they are ruining everything. Without the human, everything and everyone would "live long and prosper".
Metaphorically, we could connect it to the famous Stalin quote "Death solves all problems, no man - no problem".
Perhaps Tuomas doesn't mean to say that whole mankind is evil, but that each person is greatest source of their own problems.
I think this is about a "de-evolution" in a beautiful kind of way, the arrival of an utopic world in wich we all can live and let live. The water is definitly life, we have all this "Evolution of species" reminders -in wich water is the craddle of life-, it talks about the fittest, and I think here the fittest is whomever is willing to respect life, the tyrant is anyone that attempts it's destruction. When it talks about seadrops foaming empty skulls it refers to true (utopic) wisdom -in the phillosophic way, where noone that gets to know REAL goodness could never do any wrong- overflowing the materialistic minds at last. I guess the reference to Atlantis means that the Utopy is reached, Atlantis was originially used by greeks as an anti-ideal realm, was later used in modern literature to describe an utopic society, but the important part is that both versions agree that Atlantis was destroyed (in ay case, Utopy undone) and along with Darwin's resurrection, it means life for every being... Or "some sort" of life, not the life we know from everyday (let's not forget allusions to death characters) reminds me of the "Evangelion" anime's ending. And I think "Fox and Hound" reminds us that Tuomas loves Disney's movies, as "Giant spiders" alludes to Tolkien's LOTR.
I like your interpretation, but I disagree a bit.
I like your interpretation, but I disagree a bit.
Mother, of course, is Nature. But the song is not about de-evolution (I like the expression), but it's about evolution in which mankind as we know is gone. Perhaps you're right, but it's de-evolution, but only for the man. The tyrant (mankind) returns to the sea (evolution begins from the sea). With the human gone, every other creature can live in peace & harmony.
Mother, of course, is Nature. But the song is not about de-evolution (I like the expression), but it's about evolution in which mankind as we know is gone. Perhaps you're right, but it's de-evolution, but only for the man. The tyrant (mankind) returns to the sea (evolution begins from the sea). With the human gone, every other creature can live in peace & harmony.
The idea of the song is, roughly speaking, that humans are the scum of the Earth, and that they are ruining everything. Without the human, everything and...
The idea of the song is, roughly speaking, that humans are the scum of the Earth, and that they are ruining everything. Without the human, everything and everyone would "live long and prosper".
Metaphorically, we could connect it to the famous Stalin quote "Death solves all problems, no man - no problem".
Perhaps Tuomas doesn't mean to say that whole mankind is evil, but that each person is greatest source of their own problems.