I think you're all over analyzing the song a little bit. Half-truism. It's a play on the word altruism, which means extreme dedication to something to the point of caring more about that something than your own well being. A kamikaze pilot...while an extreme example, would be altruistic.
Half-truism I guess means being not-so dedicated to something, and caring more about yourself. The cuts in my heart, your own liberation will leave them behind, etc. I'm not going to try to figure out exactly what the song means, but for example, if you've ever seen titanic, that one guy that boarded the dingy by saving someones baby...that, in my opinion was...half-truistic. He needed the baby to get on the dingy, and while he may have saved him, all he really cared about was getting himself on that boat.
I think you're all over analyzing the song a little bit. Half-truism. It's a play on the word altruism, which means extreme dedication to something to the point of caring more about that something than your own well being. A kamikaze pilot...while an extreme example, would be altruistic.
Half-truism I guess means being not-so dedicated to something, and caring more about yourself. The cuts in my heart, your own liberation will leave them behind, etc. I'm not going to try to figure out exactly what the song means, but for example, if you've ever seen titanic, that one guy that boarded the dingy by saving someones baby...that, in my opinion was...half-truistic. He needed the baby to get on the dingy, and while he may have saved him, all he really cared about was getting himself on that boat.
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