The key song on Naked - and the most explicit message on the album. I analyzed the whole set already in my giant comment for Blind, but I agree that this song more or less about how our genetic programmıng and instincts express themselves irrationally no matter how advanced our technology or philosophy may get. The interesting part is in the last verse, especially the last 2 lines:
Someday we'll live on Venus
And men will walk on Mars
But we will still be monkeys
Down deep inside
If chimpanzees are smart
Then we will close our eyes
And let our instincts guide us
Oh oh oh oh no
Byrne's advice to us latter day primates is so deeply ambivalent that he instantly negates the advice to trust our instincts - leaving us wondering as to the alternative. If there is one.
The key song on Naked - and the most explicit message on the album. I analyzed the whole set already in my giant comment for Blind, but I agree that this song more or less about how our genetic programmıng and instincts express themselves irrationally no matter how advanced our technology or philosophy may get. The interesting part is in the last verse, especially the last 2 lines:
Someday we'll live on Venus And men will walk on Mars But we will still be monkeys Down deep inside If chimpanzees are smart Then we will close our eyes And let our instincts guide us Oh oh oh oh no
Byrne's advice to us latter day primates is so deeply ambivalent that he instantly negates the advice to trust our instincts - leaving us wondering as to the alternative. If there is one.