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In the year of 2525
In the distant future, the year 2525
If man is still alive
Questioning the survival of humanity
If woman can survive
Contemplating the survival of women in that future
They may find
Possibilities await
In the year of 3535
Further into the future, 3535
Can't tell the truth, can't tell no lie
Doubts about truthfulness and honesty
Everything you think, do and say
Conveying control through medication
Is in the pill you took today
Implying total influence over thoughts and actions via pills
In the year of 4545
Farther ahead, in 4545
Won't need no teeth, won't need your eyes
Physical needs like teeth and eyes might become obsolete
Won't find a thing to do
Lack of purpose or activities
Nobody's gonna look at you
Anticipating societal disregard for individuals
In the year of 5555
Continuing the future timeline, in 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your side
Depicting physical deterioration or lack of movement
Your legs have nothing to do
Loss of function in legs, reliance on machines
Some machines doin' that for you
Machines taking over physical tasks
In the year of 6565
Progressing to 6565
Won't need no husband, won't need no wife
Independence from traditional relationships
You'll pick your sons, pick your daughters too
Artificial or unconventional means of reproduction
From the bottom of a long glass tube woo
Imagery of unconventional birth methods
In the year of 7510
Extremely distant future, 7510
If God is comin' he should make it by then
Speculation on God's arrival by then
Maybe he'll look around and say:
Contemplation on God's potential actions
"Now it's time for the judgement day!"
Reference to judgment day
In the year of 8510
Further future, 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty hand
God's potential intervention or observation
He'll leave a salient place where man has been
Indicating a significant trace of humanity
Or tear it down and start again wouwo
Speculation on renewal or destruction
In the year of 9595
Even more distant future, 9595
I'm wondering if man is gonna be alive
Doubts about the survival of humanity after exhausting resources
He's taken everything earth had to give
Human exploitation of Earth's resources without replenishment
And he's put back nothing woo
Failure to restore balance or give back to the Earth
Now it's been ten thousand years man has cried a million tears
Reflecting on humanity's long history of suffering
For what he never knew now man's dream is through
Realization of unattainable dreams and the end of aspirations
But through eternal light the twinklin' of starlight
Reference to distant stars and a vast, unreachable future
So very far away now it's night to yesterday
Nostalgia for a time long past
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