Lyric discussion by myhers 

Cover art for Waves lyrics by Portugal. The Man

All good points mpod, this song is really great in so many ways.

I think the first "We'll just act like we care" is talking about the government pretending to care and then maybe the others are about the general population and the media showing stories about the war pretending to care but no one really does unless they know/love someone that died. Our government spends absolutely ridiculous amounts of the American taxpayer money on war while its citizens fight and die in them and are basically forgotten. Meanwhile the planet/oceans can get polluted and destroyed and most people don't pay attention to what's really going on so if they never know it, then they'll never feel used. The world may change but it's always blue, always sad, always bad shit happening and will happen as long as our government spends on the wrong things and its people stay asleep and blind or think they are dying for a noble cause when they aren't.

man you are spot on...please tell me what you think about some of the other songs on this amazing record...on the first 4 tracks im the only one commenting and i want to see what others think...you are spot on with this track