First off, i worship this band, from the guitar riffs to drums to lyrics. Few come as close to what I'd aspire to, musically. But anyways...
At first i thought the song might be about pollution or the destruction of the planet but rereading it, it seems to me like the theme of mold, pestilence, rot and poison are a metaphor for America and a cultural corrosion of federalism and our values and a movement towards ignorance, dependancy and complacency. And he's lost all hope that even if We The People were to start waking up & thinking for ourselves, it's too little too late to change course. He expresses a dissatisfaction for people who think they are paying attention, but really are just standing around waiting to follow someone else. (like birds needing to be fed) And despite all this he seems to watch it all like you'd watch a car accident, with a morbid curiosity, stimulation from self-destruction. As all the states shatter and erode into history, that we share this fate (the same list of names) and he will be there too.
Lady North could be a reference to North America or the Statue of Liberty. I will say, to me the meaning of this song is very similar to the song AEnima by Tool. Just a thought...
First off, i worship this band, from the guitar riffs to drums to lyrics. Few come as close to what I'd aspire to, musically. But anyways...
At first i thought the song might be about pollution or the destruction of the planet but rereading it, it seems to me like the theme of mold, pestilence, rot and poison are a metaphor for America and a cultural corrosion of federalism and our values and a movement towards ignorance, dependancy and complacency. And he's lost all hope that even if We The People were to start waking up & thinking for ourselves, it's too little too late to change course. He expresses a dissatisfaction for people who think they are paying attention, but really are just standing around waiting to follow someone else. (like birds needing to be fed) And despite all this he seems to watch it all like you'd watch a car accident, with a morbid curiosity, stimulation from self-destruction. As all the states shatter and erode into history, that we share this fate (the same list of names) and he will be there too.
Lady North could be a reference to North America or the Statue of Liberty. I will say, to me the meaning of this song is very similar to the song AEnima by Tool. Just a thought...