Yep, think it's global warming.
'Everybody knows' - pretty much every government except the U.S.'s ratified Kyoto and accepted anthropogenic global warming. The U.S. is the only place where there is still real debate.
'That you cradle the sun' - human fossil fuel emissions effectively trap infa-red radiation emitted by the earth from solar rays, basically cradling the sun's energy to the earth.
'Living in remorse' even though we know what it's doing, we still continue our-emission heavy lifestyles, however guilty we feel
'sky is over' the fragile balance of our atmosphere is truly fucked.
'Even though we can't afford' - the debate over how much it will cost to prevent global warming - skeptics say we can't afford it. Serj is basically saying 'what the hell are you talking about? There isn't going to be a global economy when this happens! We are talking about the end of human civilization here!'
'Behinds closed eyes lie the minds ready to awaken you' - people can close their eyes to the problem all they want, but really they know we're fucked.
'Are you at war with land and all of it's creatures' global warming won't just screw us, it could potentially wipe out all forms of life and change the face of the entire earth.
'Your not so gentle persuasion has been known to wreck economies of countries, of empires' American capitalism and way of life have been known to have a huge effect around the world before (Wall street crash etc.) What you do has an effect. Consumerism could ruin the entire planet.
'Not even from the sun' this change in climate isn't even caused by natural solar fluctuations (as some skeptics claim.) It's entirely man-made. As if we don't have enough natural disasters to contend with, we seem hell-bent on wiping ourselves out first.
'The sky is over us' - we'll be the ones that suffer - the atmosphere was ideal for human life - now we're pushing it out of that zone - life on earth will probably move on in some other direction, as it has done before over some mass die-off. The planet will get over us.
Yep, think it's global warming. 'Everybody knows' - pretty much every government except the U.S.'s ratified Kyoto and accepted anthropogenic global warming. The U.S. is the only place where there is still real debate. 'That you cradle the sun' - human fossil fuel emissions effectively trap infa-red radiation emitted by the earth from solar rays, basically cradling the sun's energy to the earth. 'Living in remorse' even though we know what it's doing, we still continue our-emission heavy lifestyles, however guilty we feel 'sky is over' the fragile balance of our atmosphere is truly fucked. 'Even though we can't afford' - the debate over how much it will cost to prevent global warming - skeptics say we can't afford it. Serj is basically saying 'what the hell are you talking about? There isn't going to be a global economy when this happens! We are talking about the end of human civilization here!' 'Behinds closed eyes lie the minds ready to awaken you' - people can close their eyes to the problem all they want, but really they know we're fucked. 'Are you at war with land and all of it's creatures' global warming won't just screw us, it could potentially wipe out all forms of life and change the face of the entire earth. 'Your not so gentle persuasion has been known to wreck economies of countries, of empires' American capitalism and way of life have been known to have a huge effect around the world before (Wall street crash etc.) What you do has an effect. Consumerism could ruin the entire planet. 'Not even from the sun' this change in climate isn't even caused by natural solar fluctuations (as some skeptics claim.) It's entirely man-made. As if we don't have enough natural disasters to contend with, we seem hell-bent on wiping ourselves out first. 'The sky is over us' - we'll be the ones that suffer - the atmosphere was ideal for human life - now we're pushing it out of that zone - life on earth will probably move on in some other direction, as it has done before over some mass die-off. The planet will get over us.