Cold As The Clay Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Thebonerstud 

Cover art for Cold As The Clay lyrics by Greg Graffin

This song is clearly about evolution and geological records that support evolution. Some Christians believe that "the missing links" dismiss all evidence of evolution when geology only adds more proof to the theory. The whispers of acients might mean a way of life that went in such a different direction than a harmonious acient culture because of ideological beliefs. Think about native Americans or south Americans when christains came and made them wear clothes and caused disease because their convictions. Our ancestors fought for us to be here now and to not appreciate nature in a way they did upsets the song writer. Although cities are technically "nature", he probably wants people to understand the natural world and go and be able to take a walk in the woods and identify everything he sees because that fucking cool to him and to any scientist. The lingering feature part gets me good grAffin. Well played. I'm not sure if he means the lingering feature of human history or the lingering natural world we want so much to destroy. Or the traits old naturalists once had like Darwin or other geologists tried mastering. Why does the comment button say something went "terribly" wrong. That seems a little over analytical.