The words in this song like many dont necessarily represent what the artist himself is thinking but more of a character who is modeled after many people in real life.The first verse is basically sayign he's in a rut. THere are many wonderful things in life, as the first line says but all the troubles that most people go through take attention off the good things ("drowns out the musical")
He tries to forget his problems by drinking while contemplating making change. HE thinks about it but never actually does ("Making no turns yet my signal is blinkin'") He states that many people often find that the world doesnt give a shit. of course you have to help yourself. If you get swept up in a tide of troubles the world isn't going to help bcuz to it u are just another person. He admits that he tries to fill a void created by problems with drugs and promiscuity but then realizes that he is setting a bad example for the next generation. After this realization he continues his same behavior anyway.
The second verse is mostly about attitude and its effects. Notice the word "it" is use many times. some of the time the antecedent for "it" is negativity and sometimes its soldier. The soldier represents the tough person while the negativity is a reaction to tough times.This time the character starts out in a situation where he needs to make a living and is contemplating doing what he knows wrong in order to do so. He then realizes that life is affected not only by actions but also feelings. Negativity is the things that trouble people in life. a metaphorical soldier can always resist its poisonous effects w.o. luck ("needn't lucks blessing from clovers"). the soldier fights from "morning to night, back through darkness to light" which means that he never gives up and is able to turn a bad situation into a good one. What you do with this will power is "yo right". you can call it christ, as many ppl turn to religion for strength, you can ignore will power completely and give in to the negativity but "you reap what you sew" (biblical allusion) means your actions will have matching consequences.
"the world's a treasure chest of misused jewels" means that things such as nuclear power can be used for good but are corrupted sometimes. also people are misused. Thos who lack endurance wil crumble ("their used to blue skies got grey stains") and they wont be able to trust anyone (are surrounded by friends who got snake fangs)
in regard to the negativity you cant just ignore it but you have to fight against it.
"cut power when docs try to shock it" refers to the electric shock associated with heart difibrilation which is used to revive people in cardiac arrest. by cut power they mean to prevent people form bringing back the negativity.
hope this helps you SinoYank
The words in this song like many dont necessarily represent what the artist himself is thinking but more of a character who is modeled after many people in real life.The first verse is basically sayign he's in a rut. THere are many wonderful things in life, as the first line says but all the troubles that most people go through take attention off the good things ("drowns out the musical") He tries to forget his problems by drinking while contemplating making change. HE thinks about it but never actually does ("Making no turns yet my signal is blinkin'") He states that many people often find that the world doesnt give a shit. of course you have to help yourself. If you get swept up in a tide of troubles the world isn't going to help bcuz to it u are just another person. He admits that he tries to fill a void created by problems with drugs and promiscuity but then realizes that he is setting a bad example for the next generation. After this realization he continues his same behavior anyway.
The second verse is mostly about attitude and its effects. Notice the word "it" is use many times. some of the time the antecedent for "it" is negativity and sometimes its soldier. The soldier represents the tough person while the negativity is a reaction to tough times.This time the character starts out in a situation where he needs to make a living and is contemplating doing what he knows wrong in order to do so. He then realizes that life is affected not only by actions but also feelings. Negativity is the things that trouble people in life. a metaphorical soldier can always resist its poisonous effects w.o. luck ("needn't lucks blessing from clovers"). the soldier fights from "morning to night, back through darkness to light" which means that he never gives up and is able to turn a bad situation into a good one. What you do with this will power is "yo right". you can call it christ, as many ppl turn to religion for strength, you can ignore will power completely and give in to the negativity but "you reap what you sew" (biblical allusion) means your actions will have matching consequences. "the world's a treasure chest of misused jewels" means that things such as nuclear power can be used for good but are corrupted sometimes. also people are misused. Thos who lack endurance wil crumble ("their used to blue skies got grey stains") and they wont be able to trust anyone (are surrounded by friends who got snake fangs) in regard to the negativity you cant just ignore it but you have to fight against it. "cut power when docs try to shock it" refers to the electric shock associated with heart difibrilation which is used to revive people in cardiac arrest. by cut power they mean to prevent people form bringing back the negativity. hope this helps you SinoYank