Great, profound song. To me, this hits on frequent XTC themes of despairing about human cruelty and stupidity We are animals. We think we are so sophisticated, and perhaps we are, but we are also base and beastly, ready to kill, oppress and selfishly use each other as routine and even culturally accepted patterns. This doesn't have the extra dimension of other XTC songs, like Jason and the Argonauts, that have a bit of a silver lining.
Great, profound song. To me, this hits on frequent XTC themes of despairing about human cruelty and stupidity We are animals. We think we are so sophisticated, and perhaps we are, but we are also base and beastly, ready to kill, oppress and selfishly use each other as routine and even culturally accepted patterns. This doesn't have the extra dimension of other XTC songs, like Jason and the Argonauts, that have a bit of a silver lining.