This song, like many Darkest Hour songs, is about human consciousness evolving and the species becoming enlightened, moving away from the "old ways" of war and greed "into the enlightened ground". John is saying that a new stage in humanity is around the corner, and warns us against repeating our "dark history of squalor and squander".
This song, like many Darkest Hour songs, is about human consciousness evolving and the species becoming enlightened, moving away from the "old ways" of war and greed "into the enlightened ground". John is saying that a new stage in humanity is around the corner, and warns us against repeating our "dark history of squalor and squander".