For me, the song's about mankind's ( as a whole ) love of Earthly delights and lack of enlightenment. What follows is decadence. As SilasWolfe pointed out, the " Fields of Mars " was where ancient Roman soldiers were trained and where they celebrated after victories. Very few civilizations were as decadent as the ancient Romans or, as I believe Dr. Graffin is pointing out to us, our own Western civilization.
My point is this: Without some kind of enlightenment, man will continue stew in a sort of evolutionary stagnation. Sure man will invent new technology, but I'm referred to a quote from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty..." Billions spent on weapons technology so humans can humanely murder other humans in greater numbers "
When we get past all this, we'll be " above the Fields of Mars " meaning, to me, that we'll be past all that nonsense and be a better species for it.
For me, the song's about mankind's ( as a whole ) love of Earthly delights and lack of enlightenment. What follows is decadence. As SilasWolfe pointed out, the " Fields of Mars " was where ancient Roman soldiers were trained and where they celebrated after victories. Very few civilizations were as decadent as the ancient Romans or, as I believe Dr. Graffin is pointing out to us, our own Western civilization.
My point is this: Without some kind of enlightenment, man will continue stew in a sort of evolutionary stagnation. Sure man will invent new technology, but I'm referred to a quote from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty..." Billions spent on weapons technology so humans can humanely murder other humans in greater numbers "
When we get past all this, we'll be " above the Fields of Mars " meaning, to me, that we'll be past all that nonsense and be a better species for it.
That's what I think anyway.