"As often as always
Evolution comes crawling from the sea
Alive with the urgency like suicide, like suicide
Convinced the grass is greener on dry earth"
As often as always, evolution comes crawling from the sea seems to be referring to the cycle of life that we are in. The urgency like suicide, is the urgency that we have this endless need to move on, towards dry earth or, eventually, to our own death/self-destruction (hence the suicide).
"Crawling on, half buried in the sand
Extend a hand to the smallness of death
Understand that only dying is this colossal"
I think this is about the fact that everyone dies, no matter what your beleifs are, we will all die and return to the earth we came from (half buried in the sand) and we should understand that the only certainty is death, and everything else that might seem "colossal" to us, is in fact something we make colossal for ourselves. I think it's kind of a nihilistic vision on life. (Life's a bitch, and then You die :-) )
"All the young cowards acting out
For the braves forever hurled
Into the waters of their indifferent graves"
It might seem like a goal in life, to convince everyone that you're completely right about the meaning of life ("All the young cowards acting out") together with "the braves" (the ones that are brave enough to lead their own life without bothering others with their "beleifs") they have all the same indifferent graves, in the water they once came from. "As often as always, evolution comes crawling from the sea" beautifully closes the cycle, as the song also starts with this line. We are an evolutionary product of something called 'life' and we should be thankful that we're capable of understanding/ being conscious of the fact that we ARE, instead of fighting about who is right about where we came from.
Last of all, I think the title captures the entire meaning of the song. Reading Psalms (from the bible) or reading the palms on your hand, they're both a way to explain things in life, and life itself, we don't (and never will) understand. That's what the whole song is a about i.m.o
This is my humble interpretation about a great song, maybe one of PTH's best ones. I'd like to read anyones opinion about this song and discover other explanations for these (almost philosophical) lyrics.
Sincere apologies for any mis-spelling, English is my second language.
:-)
Here goes nothing:
"As often as always Evolution comes crawling from the sea Alive with the urgency like suicide, like suicide Convinced the grass is greener on dry earth"
As often as always, evolution comes crawling from the sea seems to be referring to the cycle of life that we are in. The urgency like suicide, is the urgency that we have this endless need to move on, towards dry earth or, eventually, to our own death/self-destruction (hence the suicide).
"Crawling on, half buried in the sand Extend a hand to the smallness of death Understand that only dying is this colossal"
I think this is about the fact that everyone dies, no matter what your beleifs are, we will all die and return to the earth we came from (half buried in the sand) and we should understand that the only certainty is death, and everything else that might seem "colossal" to us, is in fact something we make colossal for ourselves. I think it's kind of a nihilistic vision on life. (Life's a bitch, and then You die :-) )
"All the young cowards acting out For the braves forever hurled Into the waters of their indifferent graves"
It might seem like a goal in life, to convince everyone that you're completely right about the meaning of life ("All the young cowards acting out") together with "the braves" (the ones that are brave enough to lead their own life without bothering others with their "beleifs") they have all the same indifferent graves, in the water they once came from. "As often as always, evolution comes crawling from the sea" beautifully closes the cycle, as the song also starts with this line. We are an evolutionary product of something called 'life' and we should be thankful that we're capable of understanding/ being conscious of the fact that we ARE, instead of fighting about who is right about where we came from.
Last of all, I think the title captures the entire meaning of the song. Reading Psalms (from the bible) or reading the palms on your hand, they're both a way to explain things in life, and life itself, we don't (and never will) understand. That's what the whole song is a about i.m.o
This is my humble interpretation about a great song, maybe one of PTH's best ones. I'd like to read anyones opinion about this song and discover other explanations for these (almost philosophical) lyrics.
Sincere apologies for any mis-spelling, English is my second language. :-)