I don't think this could POSSIBLY be from the mouth of Cake, it seems to holier-than-thou.. Like most of Cake's songs, to me it is a comment from a character's mind. So it's more like to say that the "settlers" came and just twisted the whole laidback cycle the Natives were living in.
It's not JUST Natives though, as usual there's an allegory there; it's also a comment on native instincts (as in, that anyone and everyone has) and how society forces us to suppress them and, to some extent conform. Don't relax, get with the program and don't stray far from that or you won't go far. With us or against us baby.
I don't think this could POSSIBLY be from the mouth of Cake, it seems to holier-than-thou.. Like most of Cake's songs, to me it is a comment from a character's mind. So it's more like to say that the "settlers" came and just twisted the whole laidback cycle the Natives were living in.
It's not JUST Natives though, as usual there's an allegory there; it's also a comment on native instincts (as in, that anyone and everyone has) and how society forces us to suppress them and, to some extent conform. Don't relax, get with the program and don't stray far from that or you won't go far. With us or against us baby.