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Igniting Change: Scott Keltic Knot's Poetic Reflection on Environmental Awakening
Lyrics
I remember who I was
I reflect on my past self
I'm not going back where I started from
I won't regress to my initial state
Don't look back
Do not dwell on the past
I'm gone
I've moved on
Light up if you understand
Show acknowledgment by lighting up
And light up if you where I'm coming from
Show understanding of my perspective by lighting up
In particular,
Specifically,
I put particulate matter in the air
I release particulate matter into the air
On that matter, send smoke signals to the atmosphere
Regarding that matter, send smoke signals to the atmosphere
Striking the match like I'm striking for health care
Ignite a match as if fighting for healthcare
Like there's someone up in the sky
Implies a connection with a higher power
I'm sending him a prayer
Sending a prayer to the higher power
Gather up little sticks and kindling
Collect small sticks and kindling
Build a little pyramid
Construct a small pyramid with them
Put the flame into it
Place the flame into the constructed structure
Send a silhouette
Create a silhouette with smoke rings
Of smoke rings spinning in a little pirouette
Visualize smoke rings spinning like a dance
Appearing like elliptical DNA helixes
Appear like elliptical DNA helixes
An orange butterfly wing emerges from the chrysalis
Symbolic emergence of transformation like a butterfly
Use an axe from the lower Neolithic
Use an axe from a primitive time period
Anachronistic from a different time period
Anachronistic, belonging to a different era
I'm primitive
Primitive in nature
Stare at the flame like an idiot
Gaze at the flame in a simple, unthinking manner
I remember who I was
I reflect on my past self (repeated)
I'm not going back where I started from
I won't regress to my initial state (repeated)
Don't look back
Do not dwell on the past (repeated)
I'm gone
I've moved on (repeated)
Light up if you understand
Show acknowledgment by lighting up (repeated)
And light up if you where I'm coming from
Show understanding of my perspective by lighting up (repeated)
They say a gas stove is more efficient; it isn't
Contrast the efficiency of a gas stove, claiming it isn't
They're digging trenches and they're killing the fishes
Environmental harm caused by digging trenches and killing fish
Giving a whole ecosystem a death sentence; it's deliberate
Deliberate destruction of ecosystems with pipelines
And building pipelines to deliver it
Building pipelines to transport harmful substances
They're digging deep, deep ditches
Deep digging into ancient ridges
deep
Emphasizes the depth of the digging
Into Mesozoic ridges to get at the liquid from prehistoric lizards
Extracting liquid from prehistoric lizards in Mesozoic ridges
It's vicious and viscous
Describing the harmful nature of the extracted substance
It's dirty business
Referring to the unethical nature of the business
Charbroiled hamburger emissions
Linking emissions to the production of charbroiled hamburgers
From the Tar sand bitumen
Referring to emissions from Tar sand bitumen
All they do it is drill it
Describe the repetitive process of drilling for resources
And then spill it in the river
Highlight the careless act of spilling the extracted substance
They cut our Mother Earth's liver
Metaphorically harming the Earth with the act of drilling
All they do it drill it
Reiteration of the destructive nature of drilling
All they do is spill it
Emphasizes the repetitive and harmful act of spilling
When you see a black snake in the village then you kill it
Metaphorical call to take action against destructive forces
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