I feel this song has a strong contrast with other songs on the album - especially Borders Are. We can look at this song as two (neighboring or not) countries, separated by either a border or a long distance.
In fact, if you read the lyrics, thinking of this song as a country singing to/about another country (for example United States singing to Iraq, Israel singing to Pakistan, North Korea singing to South Korea, or vice versa).
The two countries are essentially the same - we're all people, with rights, feelings and religion - but won't admit it. We will always believe we are better than the other one, laughing at our neighbor and pretend we're the ones who are sane, though we're essentially the same.
We all exist in the same time, but in different space. We therefore all have the same father, but due to the void that is our mother, we're distant from each other. So, we're all brother and sisters, but we resist the fact that we're the same - we're persistent in our belief that we're not.
Now we turn to the other country, singing to the first one. It felt so alone before you came and stopped the pain, but eventually made the rain pour on them. Now it feels alone again, because of your disdain. Your children - your people - decided to start a war against it in your name.
But the conclusion is, that the fact that we're different is merely an illusion. We're all the same, though we don't necessarily give our gods the same name - we're all human beings, why can't we accept that?
I feel this song has a strong contrast with other songs on the album - especially Borders Are. We can look at this song as two (neighboring or not) countries, separated by either a border or a long distance.
In fact, if you read the lyrics, thinking of this song as a country singing to/about another country (for example United States singing to Iraq, Israel singing to Pakistan, North Korea singing to South Korea, or vice versa).
The two countries are essentially the same - we're all people, with rights, feelings and religion - but won't admit it. We will always believe we are better than the other one, laughing at our neighbor and pretend we're the ones who are sane, though we're essentially the same.
We all exist in the same time, but in different space. We therefore all have the same father, but due to the void that is our mother, we're distant from each other. So, we're all brother and sisters, but we resist the fact that we're the same - we're persistent in our belief that we're not.
Now we turn to the other country, singing to the first one. It felt so alone before you came and stopped the pain, but eventually made the rain pour on them. Now it feels alone again, because of your disdain. Your children - your people - decided to start a war against it in your name.
But the conclusion is, that the fact that we're different is merely an illusion. We're all the same, though we don't necessarily give our gods the same name - we're all human beings, why can't we accept that?
agree, separation is the greatest illusion
agree, separation is the greatest illusion
@singdongdingdong thank you
@singdongdingdong thank you