It's a song about capitalism, or 'a system built to fail', and how futile our efforts are to escape from it.
The first verse relates to the hopes and dreams we all start out with in life.
The key verse is the second:
'Who could heed the words of Charlie Darwin
Lords of war just profit from decay
And trade the children's promise for the jingle
The way we trade our hard earned time for pay'
This is the idea that we have gone past evolution now - we are self-sufficient - and we've replaced Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' with a decaying and corrupt system, led by 'Lords of war' who trade 'our children's promise' for the pursuit of money ('the jingle'). There are a few rich people at the top of the pile stopping most of us from ever fulfilling our hopes and dreams.
It's actually a very political song, albeit quite a cryptic one.
@Buck Fastard
I think yours is the best answer to the meaning of the song. It's not about religion, as some here have posted. Charles Darwin was actually a Christian but back in the day his work was not accepted as being in line with those beliefs, just as Copernicus in his time. Darwin proved that everything is in continual evolution to best suit its changing surroundings, in order to survive. The lyrics are crying out about where that evolution has taken us, or where has the evolution gone. It seems that things have stopped evolving, and instead we are left...
@Buck Fastard
I think yours is the best answer to the meaning of the song. It's not about religion, as some here have posted. Charles Darwin was actually a Christian but back in the day his work was not accepted as being in line with those beliefs, just as Copernicus in his time. Darwin proved that everything is in continual evolution to best suit its changing surroundings, in order to survive. The lyrics are crying out about where that evolution has taken us, or where has the evolution gone. It seems that things have stopped evolving, and instead we are left sinking in the mire of our current surroundings.
@Buck Fastard
Unfortunately, you are leading the pack here of folks (including this song's writers apparently) that view Capitalism as a 'system built to fail'. No socioeconomic system is executed perfectly as intended or designed, because it is administered by people, all of which are hopelessly flawed because we live in a fallen world. The system, however, that provides the greatest potential of success by the largest number of people is the one that allows competition and individual freedom. That would be a combination of Capitalism and an elected representational governance such as we have in the USA. That's why it...
@Buck Fastard
Unfortunately, you are leading the pack here of folks (including this song's writers apparently) that view Capitalism as a 'system built to fail'. No socioeconomic system is executed perfectly as intended or designed, because it is administered by people, all of which are hopelessly flawed because we live in a fallen world. The system, however, that provides the greatest potential of success by the largest number of people is the one that allows competition and individual freedom. That would be a combination of Capitalism and an elected representational governance such as we have in the USA. That's why it is the greatest country to have ever existed. BUT, we could lose it all if we continue down this path toward Communism/Socialism. So don't forget that though it seeks to remove a system of economic classes (Rich and Poor), Communism/Socialism simply restructures them as Ruling and Working classes. It's the ultimate con job.
Furthermore, quantifying the US as "the best country to have ever existed" is going to prove difficult, even with - if not especially with - capitalism as a quantifier. Also, it has nothing to do with the song. It won't change the song's meaning to inject your own personal economic and political philosophies into the comments.
Furthermore, quantifying the US as "the best country to have ever existed" is going to prove difficult, even with - if not especially with - capitalism as a quantifier. Also, it has nothing to do with the song. It won't change the song's meaning to inject your own personal economic and political philosophies into the comments.
@Buck It wasn't me who said the U.S. was "the greatest nation to ever exist". I don't think that and never said it. Don't misquote me. It was someone using the title "Light The Way" and that is not me and has nothing to do with me.
@Buck It wasn't me who said the U.S. was "the greatest nation to ever exist". I don't think that and never said it. Don't misquote me. It was someone using the title "Light The Way" and that is not me and has nothing to do with me.
@highjinx hello! I am not Buck Fastard. I'm just Buck. I'm a different Buck than the original commenter. My name is Buck. His name is Buck Fastard. If you send something to @Buck, it comes to me, not to Buck Fastard.
@highjinx hello! I am not Buck Fastard. I'm just Buck. I'm a different Buck than the original commenter. My name is Buck. His name is Buck Fastard. If you send something to @Buck, it comes to me, not to Buck Fastard.
And my second comment was for the other person tagged, not for you. You can disregard it :3 I was only talking to you about tagging me when you wanted to tag the original poster. Incidentally, I'm not sure how you should tag the original poster, since he has a space in his name and the @ tag can't...
And my second comment was for the other person tagged, not for you. You can disregard it :3 I was only talking to you about tagging me when you wanted to tag the original poster. Incidentally, I'm not sure how you should tag the original poster, since he has a space in his name and the @ tag can't work with spaces.
It's a song about capitalism, or 'a system built to fail', and how futile our efforts are to escape from it.
The first verse relates to the hopes and dreams we all start out with in life.
The key verse is the second:
'Who could heed the words of Charlie Darwin Lords of war just profit from decay And trade the children's promise for the jingle The way we trade our hard earned time for pay'
This is the idea that we have gone past evolution now - we are self-sufficient - and we've replaced Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' with a decaying and corrupt system, led by 'Lords of war' who trade 'our children's promise' for the pursuit of money ('the jingle'). There are a few rich people at the top of the pile stopping most of us from ever fulfilling our hopes and dreams.
It's actually a very political song, albeit quite a cryptic one.
@Buck Fastard I think yours is the best answer to the meaning of the song. It's not about religion, as some here have posted. Charles Darwin was actually a Christian but back in the day his work was not accepted as being in line with those beliefs, just as Copernicus in his time. Darwin proved that everything is in continual evolution to best suit its changing surroundings, in order to survive. The lyrics are crying out about where that evolution has taken us, or where has the evolution gone. It seems that things have stopped evolving, and instead we are left...
@Buck Fastard I think yours is the best answer to the meaning of the song. It's not about religion, as some here have posted. Charles Darwin was actually a Christian but back in the day his work was not accepted as being in line with those beliefs, just as Copernicus in his time. Darwin proved that everything is in continual evolution to best suit its changing surroundings, in order to survive. The lyrics are crying out about where that evolution has taken us, or where has the evolution gone. It seems that things have stopped evolving, and instead we are left sinking in the mire of our current surroundings.
@Buck Fastard Unfortunately, you are leading the pack here of folks (including this song's writers apparently) that view Capitalism as a 'system built to fail'. No socioeconomic system is executed perfectly as intended or designed, because it is administered by people, all of which are hopelessly flawed because we live in a fallen world. The system, however, that provides the greatest potential of success by the largest number of people is the one that allows competition and individual freedom. That would be a combination of Capitalism and an elected representational governance such as we have in the USA. That's why it...
@Buck Fastard Unfortunately, you are leading the pack here of folks (including this song's writers apparently) that view Capitalism as a 'system built to fail'. No socioeconomic system is executed perfectly as intended or designed, because it is administered by people, all of which are hopelessly flawed because we live in a fallen world. The system, however, that provides the greatest potential of success by the largest number of people is the one that allows competition and individual freedom. That would be a combination of Capitalism and an elected representational governance such as we have in the USA. That's why it is the greatest country to have ever existed. BUT, we could lose it all if we continue down this path toward Communism/Socialism. So don't forget that though it seeks to remove a system of economic classes (Rich and Poor), Communism/Socialism simply restructures them as Ruling and Working classes. It's the ultimate con job.
Furthermore, quantifying the US as "the best country to have ever existed" is going to prove difficult, even with - if not especially with - capitalism as a quantifier. Also, it has nothing to do with the song. It won't change the song's meaning to inject your own personal economic and political philosophies into the comments.
Furthermore, quantifying the US as "the best country to have ever existed" is going to prove difficult, even with - if not especially with - capitalism as a quantifier. Also, it has nothing to do with the song. It won't change the song's meaning to inject your own personal economic and political philosophies into the comments.
@Buck It wasn't me who said the U.S. was "the greatest nation to ever exist". I don't think that and never said it. Don't misquote me. It was someone using the title "Light The Way" and that is not me and has nothing to do with me.
@Buck It wasn't me who said the U.S. was "the greatest nation to ever exist". I don't think that and never said it. Don't misquote me. It was someone using the title "Light The Way" and that is not me and has nothing to do with me.
@highjinx hello! I am not Buck Fastard. I'm just Buck. I'm a different Buck than the original commenter. My name is Buck. His name is Buck Fastard. If you send something to @Buck, it comes to me, not to Buck Fastard.
@highjinx hello! I am not Buck Fastard. I'm just Buck. I'm a different Buck than the original commenter. My name is Buck. His name is Buck Fastard. If you send something to @Buck, it comes to me, not to Buck Fastard.
And my second comment was for the other person tagged, not for you. You can disregard it :3 I was only talking to you about tagging me when you wanted to tag the original poster. Incidentally, I'm not sure how you should tag the original poster, since he has a space in his name and the @ tag can't...
And my second comment was for the other person tagged, not for you. You can disregard it :3 I was only talking to you about tagging me when you wanted to tag the original poster. Incidentally, I'm not sure how you should tag the original poster, since he has a space in his name and the @ tag can't work with spaces.