@BARDRICK I don't agree, they seem more worried about ensuring that future generations have a peaceful society and don't have to endure the wars that the English had throughout a lot of the 20th century.
@BARDRICK I don't agree, they seem more worried about ensuring that future generations have a peaceful society and don't have to endure the wars that the English had throughout a lot of the 20th century.
@sokorny That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
@sokorny That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
As for your "future generations," the lyrics allude to castles--the lives, lies, stories, meanings, and traditions passed down through generations. So the question seems to be, what are we passing down to the next generation? Nothing, is the answer (there's no England now.)...
As for your "future generations," the lyrics allude to castles--the lives, lies, stories, meanings, and traditions passed down through generations. So the question seems to be, what are we passing down to the next generation? Nothing, is the answer (there's no England now.)
@James03 There's one line about there not being England and it's not a lamentation. He means there is no king anymore. And he says the king was a liar, so I don't think he is very torn up about there not being an England with a liar king. The point of the song is the king used to start wars and people would die for him. He's worried that will happen again.
@James03 There's one line about there not being England and it's not a lamentation. He means there is no king anymore. And he says the king was a liar, so I don't think he is very torn up about there not being an England with a liar king. The point of the song is the king used to start wars and people would die for him. He's worried that will happen again.
He's also not worried about passing on "tradition" to the future generations. That whole verse is about actions we need to take now for the future generations....
He's also not worried about passing on "tradition" to the future generations. That whole verse is about actions we need to take now for the future generations. "What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do,"
The song is about the fall of England from greatness in the mid 20th Century,
@BARDRICK I don't agree, they seem more worried about ensuring that future generations have a peaceful society and don't have to endure the wars that the English had throughout a lot of the 20th century.
@BARDRICK I don't agree, they seem more worried about ensuring that future generations have a peaceful society and don't have to endure the wars that the English had throughout a lot of the 20th century.
@sokorny That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
@sokorny That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
As for your "future generations," the lyrics allude to castles--the lives, lies, stories, meanings, and traditions passed down through generations. So the question seems to be, what are we passing down to the next generation? Nothing, is the answer (there's no England now.)...
As for your "future generations," the lyrics allude to castles--the lives, lies, stories, meanings, and traditions passed down through generations. So the question seems to be, what are we passing down to the next generation? Nothing, is the answer (there's no England now.)
@James03 There's one line about there not being England and it's not a lamentation. He means there is no king anymore. And he says the king was a liar, so I don't think he is very torn up about there not being an England with a liar king. The point of the song is the king used to start wars and people would die for him. He's worried that will happen again.
@James03 There's one line about there not being England and it's not a lamentation. He means there is no king anymore. And he says the king was a liar, so I don't think he is very torn up about there not being an England with a liar king. The point of the song is the king used to start wars and people would die for him. He's worried that will happen again.
He's also not worried about passing on "tradition" to the future generations. That whole verse is about actions we need to take now for the future generations....
He's also not worried about passing on "tradition" to the future generations. That whole verse is about actions we need to take now for the future generations. "What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do,"