Natural Selection
Embrace Your Right to Silence: Unveiling the Meaning of Weeping Icon's 'Natural Selection'
Lyrics
It's how to get ahead
Emphasizes the importance of advancing in life.
If you didn't cause the problems
If you're not the cause, you're not obligated to solve problems.
You don't have to fix the problems
No responsibility to fix issues that you didn't create.
That's your right
Asserts the right to avoid addressing problems not caused by oneself.
If you see somebody struggling
Observing someone in difficulty without taking action.
And you don't want to make things
Avoiding complicating your own life by helping others.
Hard for yourself
Choosing the path of least resistance for personal convenience.
Just
Transition to the idea of staying silent.
Stay Silent
Advocates for keeping quiet instead of getting involved.
You didn't invent the pyramid of social hierarchy
Individuals don't create societal structures; they're born into them.
You born into the caste system
Being part of a predetermined social class at birth.
Like everyone else
Everyone shares the experience of being born into a system.
It's not your responsibility to fix it
No obligation to fix a system one was born into.
You don't have to lay down
Not required to sacrifice oneself for societal issues.
On the train tracks
Metaphorically refusing to be a victim on behalf of others.
For anyone
Declining to sacrifice for anyone else's cause.
That's your right
Reiteration of the right to remain uninvolved.
It's you're right to
Reasserting the right to stay silent in the face of societal issues.
Stay Silent
Emphasizing the right to choose silence.
How do you think I got here?
Rhetorical question on personal success, questioning the cost.
By catching the backs of the weak?
Challenging the idea of exploiting the vulnerable for personal gain.
What good is a weak ally?
Questioning the value of having a weak ally.
Here's the difference between you and me:
Highlighting a difference in perspective between two individuals.
I know you don't have to do anything you don't wanna do.
Acknowledging the freedom to choose one's actions.
You know what to do
Recognition of understanding what needs to be done.
And when you do
Encouraging action with a promise of support.
Don't worry
Assurance that support will be provided when action is taken.
I've got your back, bro.
Expressing camaraderie and commitment to supporting each other.
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