"joining walls") - again, something that the "spoiled little baby" didn't want as it might have led to a similar project after all. So the tower was destroyed and chaos reigned, so the story goes, when people were divinely confused with different languages. The paradise of mankind that could have been drowned in babble of people.
But what modern people don't get ("that was hardly understood") is that it was not mankind's mistake to try to reach higher levels of wisdom and knowledge. An all-knowing "god" must have known that people would sooner or later aim for higher goals. Just like he or she must have known about Adam and Eve eating from the apple. So rather than applauding his or her creation to aim higher and evolve from the divine potential (-> the old testament mentions god creating man after his [or her] own image) this "god" tries to keep mankind down. And this story everyone constantly misunderstands is not even any good because it delivers the wrong message.
Relationship to modern society:
Just like in that ancient story we still have the people up there with power and wealth and the people below them who have to follow. But would we really need those leaders in Utopia? Well, if everyone had everything they needed to lead a comfortable life then there'd be no need for weapon manufacturers anymore, warlords would cease to exist. Even the ever growing gap between rich and poor might not exist anymore but since wealth is power and some people are just greedy and not willing to share ("just like a spoiled little baby") so they rather destroy or sabotage projects that might actually lead to a better world. Does anyone really believe that all those investment companies actually want a fairer world? Because that'd mean that their share might shrink. A healthy planet for our children? Big corporations give a shit and rather make money in the here and now.
The greed is not a problem of the masses, its problem of leaders - they just want everyone to believe its everyone else's problem. Just like a "god" that doesn't want to share wisdom, knowledge and enlightenment.">
Skyscraper Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by sonofnyx | SongMeanings
"joining walls") - again, something that the "spoiled little baby" didn't want as it might have led to a similar project after all. So the tower was destroyed and chaos reigned, so the story goes, when people were divinely confused with different languages. The paradise of mankind that could have been drowned in babble of people.
But what modern people don't get ("that was hardly understood") is that it was not mankind's mistake to try to reach higher levels of wisdom and knowledge. An all-knowing "god" must have known that people would sooner or later aim for higher goals. Just like he or she must have known about Adam and Eve eating from the apple. So rather than applauding his or her creation to aim higher and evolve from the divine potential (-> the old testament mentions god creating man after his [or her] own image) this "god" tries to keep mankind down. And this story everyone constantly misunderstands is not even any good because it delivers the wrong message.
Relationship to modern society:
Just like in that ancient story we still have the people up there with power and wealth and the people below them who have to follow. But would we really need those leaders in Utopia? Well, if everyone had everything they needed to lead a comfortable life then there'd be no need for weapon manufacturers anymore, warlords would cease to exist. Even the ever growing gap between rich and poor might not exist anymore but since wealth is power and some people are just greedy and not willing to share ("just like a spoiled little baby") so they rather destroy or sabotage projects that might actually lead to a better world. Does anyone really believe that all those investment companies actually want a fairer world? Because that'd mean that their share might shrink. A healthy planet for our children? Big corporations give a shit and rather make money in the here and now.
The greed is not a problem of the masses, its problem of leaders - they just want everyone to believe its everyone else's problem. Just like a "god" that doesn't want to share wisdom, knowledge and enlightenment." />
Well, it's obviously about the god of the old testament being "a spoiled little baby" that doesn't want to share wisdom and knowledge but it relates to modern society as well.
Literal part:
All the references to the first book of the old testament make it obvious that the literal story is the one of the Tower of Babel. As PiratePilate already pointed out, the first two lines are a literal quote from the Book of Genesis (Gen. 11:3 & Gen. 11:4). The story goes that people came together to build a tower for the people of the world to knock at heaven's door. If they could have finished it everything would have been possible. But the hypothetical god of the old testament is a jealous one and just "like a spoiled little baby" he or she rather destroyed the tower then to risk anyone gaining his or her wisdom and knowledge as it surely would have led to him or her not being worshipped anymore. The building process itself united people (-> "joining walls") - again, something that the "spoiled little baby" didn't want as it might have led to a similar project after all. So the tower was destroyed and chaos reigned, so the story goes, when people were divinely confused with different languages. The paradise of mankind that could have been drowned in babble of people.
But what modern people don't get ("that was hardly understood") is that it was not mankind's mistake to try to reach higher levels of wisdom and knowledge. An all-knowing "god" must have known that people would sooner or later aim for higher goals. Just like he or she must have known about Adam and Eve eating from the apple. So rather than applauding his or her creation to aim higher and evolve from the divine potential (-> the old testament mentions god creating man after his [or her] own image) this "god" tries to keep mankind down. And this story everyone constantly misunderstands is not even any good because it delivers the wrong message.
Relationship to modern society:
Just like in that ancient story we still have the people up there with power and wealth and the people below them who have to follow. But would we really need those leaders in Utopia? Well, if everyone had everything they needed to lead a comfortable life then there'd be no need for weapon manufacturers anymore, warlords would cease to exist. Even the ever growing gap between rich and poor might not exist anymore but since wealth is power and some people are just greedy and not willing to share ("just like a spoiled little baby") so they rather destroy or sabotage projects that might actually lead to a better world. Does anyone really believe that all those investment companies actually want a fairer world? Because that'd mean that their share might shrink. A healthy planet for our children? Big corporations give a shit and rather make money in the here and now.
The greed is not a problem of the masses, its problem of leaders - they just want everyone to believe its everyone else's problem. Just like a "god" that doesn't want to share wisdom, knowledge and enlightenment.
Well, it's obviously about the god of the old testament being "a spoiled little baby" that doesn't want to share wisdom and knowledge but it relates to modern society as well.
Literal part: All the references to the first book of the old testament make it obvious that the literal story is the one of the Tower of Babel. As PiratePilate already pointed out, the first two lines are a literal quote from the Book of Genesis (Gen. 11:3 & Gen. 11:4). The story goes that people came together to build a tower for the people of the world to knock at heaven's door. If they could have finished it everything would have been possible. But the hypothetical god of the old testament is a jealous one and just "like a spoiled little baby" he or she rather destroyed the tower then to risk anyone gaining his or her wisdom and knowledge as it surely would have led to him or her not being worshipped anymore. The building process itself united people (-> "joining walls") - again, something that the "spoiled little baby" didn't want as it might have led to a similar project after all. So the tower was destroyed and chaos reigned, so the story goes, when people were divinely confused with different languages. The paradise of mankind that could have been drowned in babble of people.
But what modern people don't get ("that was hardly understood") is that it was not mankind's mistake to try to reach higher levels of wisdom and knowledge. An all-knowing "god" must have known that people would sooner or later aim for higher goals. Just like he or she must have known about Adam and Eve eating from the apple. So rather than applauding his or her creation to aim higher and evolve from the divine potential (-> the old testament mentions god creating man after his [or her] own image) this "god" tries to keep mankind down. And this story everyone constantly misunderstands is not even any good because it delivers the wrong message.
Relationship to modern society: Just like in that ancient story we still have the people up there with power and wealth and the people below them who have to follow. But would we really need those leaders in Utopia? Well, if everyone had everything they needed to lead a comfortable life then there'd be no need for weapon manufacturers anymore, warlords would cease to exist. Even the ever growing gap between rich and poor might not exist anymore but since wealth is power and some people are just greedy and not willing to share ("just like a spoiled little baby") so they rather destroy or sabotage projects that might actually lead to a better world. Does anyone really believe that all those investment companies actually want a fairer world? Because that'd mean that their share might shrink. A healthy planet for our children? Big corporations give a shit and rather make money in the here and now.
The greed is not a problem of the masses, its problem of leaders - they just want everyone to believe its everyone else's problem. Just like a "god" that doesn't want to share wisdom, knowledge and enlightenment.