The obvious part of the song, as the title implies, is the multitude of fools living incredibly shallow and meaningless lives today, guided by whatever the mass suggestion they choose to fit in promises ("the lamb is on the way,", "better get down on your knees and pay"). And as millions there are today, a thousand more are born each day. Mankind sounds pretty hopeless!
But keeping with Bad Religion tradition of overwhelmingly deep meanings in less-than-two-minute songs, there seems to be more to it than meets the eye - what does it mean when your mind starts to stray?
The obvious part of the song, as the title implies, is the multitude of fools living incredibly shallow and meaningless lives today, guided by whatever the mass suggestion they choose to fit in promises ("the lamb is on the way,", "better get down on your knees and pay"). And as millions there are today, a thousand more are born each day. Mankind sounds pretty hopeless!
But keeping with Bad Religion tradition of overwhelmingly deep meanings in less-than-two-minute songs, there seems to be more to it than meets the eye - what does it mean when your mind starts to stray?