Lyrics
You're like a group of apes
Metaphorical comparison of individuals to a group of apes, emphasizing conflict over limited resources.
Fighting over grapes
Illustrating the intensity of the conflict, likening it to apes fighting over grapes.
Biting and placing landmines
Describing the aggression, with individuals resorting to biting and placing metaphorical landmines.
And who's bomb might be the first to sprout
Raising the possibility of a destructive event, with uncertainty about whose bomb (action) will have consequences.
And no doubt it will make him a king
Suggesting that the one who triggers the destructive event may gain power or dominance.
When the babies are covered in agent orange
Evoking the impact of conflict on innocence, referencing babies covered in agent orange, a chemical associated with war.
And I saw one and it shook me still
Personal experience of witnessing the aftermath of conflict, causing a profound emotional reaction.
And still as a shrew with whiskers approaching
Comparing the stillness to a shrew with whiskers approaching, possibly highlighting a tense or eerie atmosphere.
You got me, I got you
Repetition of the idea of mutual dependence amidst chaos and destruction.
Trees falling down
-You got me, I got you
-Lies scold a crown
-You got me, I got you
-These people throw dynamite
-You got me, I got you
-Til the blackest night
-Greed chaser mind the giant glacier
Warning about the pursuit of greed and its potential consequences, using the image of a giant glacier.
Your pockets can fit those tokens in
Highlighting the limited capacity of personal gain by referencing pockets that can only hold so much.
Last puffs of the sky, last sips of the sea
Symbolizing the depletion of natural resources, referring to the last moments of the sky and sea.
Click click, Hoofs click, the stags fight horns
Describing a violent confrontation in nature, involving stags fighting and resulting in injury or death.
For the fauns twig legs slamming through a dashboard
-To end in haemorrhage
-You got me, I got you
Reiteration of the theme of mutual dependence, concluding with a surreal metaphor: "An owl is a cat with wings."
Trees falling down
-You got me, I got you
-Lies scold a crown
-You got me, I got you
-These people throw dynamite
-You got me, I got you
-And owl is a cat with wings
-You got me, I got you
Final repetition emphasizing the theme of interdependence.
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