I think when people hear this song, they must be confused about what it means, but the beauty of the song is that you can interpret it the way you like it.
Many people are saying it's an anti-war/anti-government song, but I think it's more of a cry of frustration.
I feel a little crazy too, thinking that a lot of my efforts are futile. The lyrics seem to proclaim that the hippie-style "peace and love" doesn't really do it ("don't need another love song" and "they must've fused a dove with superglue"), and even the political course doesn't get it done either. In the end, we're all the same, so it seems silly that we would get caught up in these "avenues" of what would make the world better off.
Even the protests, the anti-war propaganda is in the end propaganda--something that needs to be dismantled like the rest of the "machine" of war. Not that anti-war is bad, but it's become something that doesn't mean "peace."
I think the chorus is something of a plea to find some magical bomb that will get rid of all the mazes and routes that aren't really cutting it. The government and a lot of sane, intelligent people say that it's impossible: that we need to do this or do that to guarantee peace, but a love bomb could just blow away all the walls we built up between us and let us see the inner workings of each other. Something like, what's the point of taking a side, if in the end, it's creating more separation between people? And, then the separation becomes the reason why we can't get along. I love the rhetorical "Is that okay?" line.
I think when people hear this song, they must be confused about what it means, but the beauty of the song is that you can interpret it the way you like it.
Many people are saying it's an anti-war/anti-government song, but I think it's more of a cry of frustration.
I feel a little crazy too, thinking that a lot of my efforts are futile. The lyrics seem to proclaim that the hippie-style "peace and love" doesn't really do it ("don't need another love song" and "they must've fused a dove with superglue"), and even the political course doesn't get it done either. In the end, we're all the same, so it seems silly that we would get caught up in these "avenues" of what would make the world better off.
Even the protests, the anti-war propaganda is in the end propaganda--something that needs to be dismantled like the rest of the "machine" of war. Not that anti-war is bad, but it's become something that doesn't mean "peace."
I think the chorus is something of a plea to find some magical bomb that will get rid of all the mazes and routes that aren't really cutting it. The government and a lot of sane, intelligent people say that it's impossible: that we need to do this or do that to guarantee peace, but a love bomb could just blow away all the walls we built up between us and let us see the inner workings of each other. Something like, what's the point of taking a side, if in the end, it's creating more separation between people? And, then the separation becomes the reason why we can't get along. I love the rhetorical "Is that okay?" line.
It's a great song and tells a great story.