sometimes i think he says "you'll be up to your knees in the shifting seas" don't know though.
Anyways, this song points us in the general direction of the entire album. Illusion, selfishness, and the pointless of human life. "It's in our nature" reflects the general inability of humanity to escape these hindrances because of the way we are constructed biologically, and the problem of having to deal with others of the same sort.
I do believe, as I've said in other posts relating to songs from this album, that Jose is trying to lay it all on the table so we can see the situation and perhaps cause us to realize how we manage to do more harm than is necessary sometimes while living with such realizations.
Even though the pointlessness and impossibility of conclusions and complete peace is present in our lives, we can still carry on with a little more grace if we reassess and come back in touch with the consequences of various behaviors and actions.
"this next song is about mindless consumerism...."
"this next song is about mindless consumerism...."
jose gonzales at a show in Milwaukee, spring of '08.
makes sense to me.
jose gonzales at a show in Milwaukee, spring of '08.
makes sense to me.
this is just my take on that comment and his lyrics.
we're the monsters being fed.
we'll be up to our knees, quite literally, in the pollution that is a result of "mindless consumerism".
where will we relocate once we've irreparably fucked up earth, where will we go?
this is just my take on that comment and his lyrics.
we're the monsters being fed.
we'll be up to our knees, quite literally, in the pollution that is a result of "mindless consumerism".
where will we relocate once we've irreparably fucked up earth, where will we go?
sometimes i think he says "you'll be up to your knees in the shifting seas" don't know though.
Anyways, this song points us in the general direction of the entire album. Illusion, selfishness, and the pointless of human life. "It's in our nature" reflects the general inability of humanity to escape these hindrances because of the way we are constructed biologically, and the problem of having to deal with others of the same sort.
I do believe, as I've said in other posts relating to songs from this album, that Jose is trying to lay it all on the table so we can see the situation and perhaps cause us to realize how we manage to do more harm than is necessary sometimes while living with such realizations.
Even though the pointlessness and impossibility of conclusions and complete peace is present in our lives, we can still carry on with a little more grace if we reassess and come back in touch with the consequences of various behaviors and actions.
"this next song is about mindless consumerism...."
"this next song is about mindless consumerism...."
jose gonzales at a show in Milwaukee, spring of '08. makes sense to me.
jose gonzales at a show in Milwaukee, spring of '08. makes sense to me.
this is just my take on that comment and his lyrics. we're the monsters being fed. we'll be up to our knees, quite literally, in the pollution that is a result of "mindless consumerism". where will we relocate once we've irreparably fucked up earth, where will we go?
this is just my take on that comment and his lyrics. we're the monsters being fed. we'll be up to our knees, quite literally, in the pollution that is a result of "mindless consumerism". where will we relocate once we've irreparably fucked up earth, where will we go?
whoooops. did mean to post as a reply.
whoooops. did mean to post as a reply.
haha. and i meant didn't..
haha. and i meant didn't..
Win.
Win.