^ Woops, wrong song: ""We Will Commit Wolf Murder"
"On some level, it's thinking about spiritual crisis, crying out for guidance and not hearing a voice in return, or hearing a nefarious voice. But on another level, also realizing how much we can get out of each other that we don't really need to speak to the heavens for support. We can find it amongst ourselves. Also just feeling like a monster, feeling fucked up and crazy. A lot of this record finds me thinking about the cruelty of humanity and exploring that aspect of the human condition, the way we treat each other. How barbaric and savage we can be, but also wanting to say something beautiful and not completely negative. It blows my mind to think that everyone starts as little babies, so innocent and naive and gentle for the most part, and at some point you become a murderer, you become a torturer – not most people, but a decent amount of people. I don't have a problem necessarily with young people joining the military, but that fact that there is a military, that we need a military, that there are commercials for militaries on TV just blows my mind at this stage of our existence. That we're so small minded about how to resolve conflict that we think it's okay to throw missiles and tanks and drones, airplanes that will just drop bombs wherever we feel like dropping bombs.""
Lyrically, it seems like Kevin has lost hope in the world... that we do not learn from our mistakes, etc. It seems like the world has given up on him - like in the song, Ye, Renew the Plaintiff, he says this age is a bitch that burns our dreams and it's true. Before I read the above I'm going to continue... We are a horrible, terrible race... like a cancer - growing without cause:
"We will produce vanity holocausts
We will commit acts of misery
We will weaponize sightless innocents
Then, we will forget"
But it seems like Kevin only has one hope left on this Earth, and it's whoever he is talking about in this song. I dunno, just some thoughts.
^ Woops, wrong song: ""We Will Commit Wolf Murder" "On some level, it's thinking about spiritual crisis, crying out for guidance and not hearing a voice in return, or hearing a nefarious voice. But on another level, also realizing how much we can get out of each other that we don't really need to speak to the heavens for support. We can find it amongst ourselves. Also just feeling like a monster, feeling fucked up and crazy. A lot of this record finds me thinking about the cruelty of humanity and exploring that aspect of the human condition, the way we treat each other. How barbaric and savage we can be, but also wanting to say something beautiful and not completely negative. It blows my mind to think that everyone starts as little babies, so innocent and naive and gentle for the most part, and at some point you become a murderer, you become a torturer – not most people, but a decent amount of people. I don't have a problem necessarily with young people joining the military, but that fact that there is a military, that we need a military, that there are commercials for militaries on TV just blows my mind at this stage of our existence. That we're so small minded about how to resolve conflict that we think it's okay to throw missiles and tanks and drones, airplanes that will just drop bombs wherever we feel like dropping bombs.""
Lyrically, it seems like Kevin has lost hope in the world... that we do not learn from our mistakes, etc. It seems like the world has given up on him - like in the song, Ye, Renew the Plaintiff, he says this age is a bitch that burns our dreams and it's true. Before I read the above I'm going to continue... We are a horrible, terrible race... like a cancer - growing without cause: "We will produce vanity holocausts We will commit acts of misery We will weaponize sightless innocents Then, we will forget"
But it seems like Kevin only has one hope left on this Earth, and it's whoever he is talking about in this song. I dunno, just some thoughts.