So Long, Mother Earth Lyrics

Lyric discussion by threerowsback 

Cover art for So Long, Mother Earth lyrics by Chevelle

It’s about humans leaving earth toward another destination, perhaps another planet. The earth is on fire down below due to our negative influence on the planet. I think it’s also taking about how leaving earth isn’t changing anything and the next destination will suffer the same fate (you never left to find your purpose)... the way I take it is that we tend to think we are finding purpose but it’s always coming from a self-centered origin when true purpose comes from serving the world as a whole in one way or another (you never left to find your purpose... you left to be able to continue serving selfishness).