Although it's pretty clear what he is saying, nothing can give you the ability, the tool to rise above it all, that society doesn't help on bit... I simply can't agree with his proposed solution. "You just got to hold on" and the statements that follow on uniting to become what the world needs is a nice thought but he neglects to recognize that there is a problem and that we are PART of that problem, at least if we don't find the root of it.
Personally, I think what Nutini is saying through this song is pleasant but too idealistic to be critical of salvation. We NEED salvation. Maybe not religion, but we need to be saved from ourselves in order to help the world (ourselves and others alike).
@softhought I wonder, is it him offering the solution or society?
@softhought I wonder, is it him offering the solution or society?
I can't help but thinking he's mocking the solution that is given to us by society and the government alike - "You just got to hold on. That is what we are being told: that change will come, just hold on, but it never does. I feel like he's potentially echoing their words rather than offering that as a solution?
I can't help but thinking he's mocking the solution that is given to us by society and the government alike - "You just got to hold on. That is what we are being told: that change will come, just hold on, but it never does. I feel like he's potentially echoing their words rather than offering that as a solution?
Although it's pretty clear what he is saying, nothing can give you the ability, the tool to rise above it all, that society doesn't help on bit... I simply can't agree with his proposed solution. "You just got to hold on" and the statements that follow on uniting to become what the world needs is a nice thought but he neglects to recognize that there is a problem and that we are PART of that problem, at least if we don't find the root of it.
Personally, I think what Nutini is saying through this song is pleasant but too idealistic to be critical of salvation. We NEED salvation. Maybe not religion, but we need to be saved from ourselves in order to help the world (ourselves and others alike).
@softhought I wonder, is it him offering the solution or society?
@softhought I wonder, is it him offering the solution or society?
I can't help but thinking he's mocking the solution that is given to us by society and the government alike - "You just got to hold on. That is what we are being told: that change will come, just hold on, but it never does. I feel like he's potentially echoing their words rather than offering that as a solution?
I can't help but thinking he's mocking the solution that is given to us by society and the government alike - "You just got to hold on. That is what we are being told: that change will come, just hold on, but it never does. I feel like he's potentially echoing their words rather than offering that as a solution?