I too appreciate 311005901's interpretation and also agree with watchmedisappear that it is likely intentionally vague..
But also, I feel that there's a thick layer of denial and even some defensiveness in this song. "All that's over now/ and our babies never cry... and our children never lie" Those later two lines seem so obviously impossible that it makes you doubt the truth in the rest of the song. Perhaps the reality is that things really aren't that different and in the end, just like we've always been, we're still afraid to die. We haven't really evolved that much since the times of our mothers' mother and fathers' father.
I too appreciate 311005901's interpretation and also agree with watchmedisappear that it is likely intentionally vague..
But also, I feel that there's a thick layer of denial and even some defensiveness in this song. "All that's over now/ and our babies never cry... and our children never lie" Those later two lines seem so obviously impossible that it makes you doubt the truth in the rest of the song. Perhaps the reality is that things really aren't that different and in the end, just like we've always been, we're still afraid to die. We haven't really evolved that much since the times of our mothers' mother and fathers' father.