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I saw bright open common sense,
I do evil things and evil things return,
and I'm praying on, I'm praying for me.
You can't hide, I remove from you every
tiny strength in everything you do.
I kick you down,
I'll break you with a tender touch,
And then the tears cried in the tear garden,
Will be for life.
And then the tears cried in the tear garden,
Will be for life.
In the west they have made a plague,
We have built the ship, sailed it to our veins,
Don't think anything will break that chain.
At our road, we connected through,
The biology of universal cruelty,
Send me home, return me to a lonely world.
And then the tears cried in the tear garden,
Will be for life,
And then the tears cried in the tear garden,
Will be for life.
I do evil things and evil things return,
and I'm praying on, I'm praying for me.
You can't hide, I remove from you every
tiny strength in everything you do.
I kick you down,
I'll break you with a tender touch,
And then the tears cried in the tear garden,
Will be for life.
And then the tears cried in the tear garden,
Will be for life.
In the west they have made a plague,
We have built the ship, sailed it to our veins,
Don't think anything will break that chain.
At our road, we connected through,
The biology of universal cruelty,
Send me home, return me to a lonely world.
And then the tears cried in the tear garden,
Will be for life,
And then the tears cried in the tear garden,
Will be for life.
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I feel the lyrics reflect upon zoos in general, though -- it's especially obvious in the second verse:
' You can't hide
I remove from you
Every tiny strength in everything you do
And I'll kick you down
I'll break you with a tender touch '
Zoo animals can't hide. Their 'tiny strengths' are all the things they live for; their instincts to hunt, kill and survive are taken away from them, and they are broken by the 'tender touch' of domestication.
It's really a very potent song.
This song reminds me of the Hoosiers
'Tier' is german for animal, which sounds like tear.
'Tiergarten' is german for Zoo (animal garden)
So, This song is about animals, and zoos, being trapped etc.
The imagery is quite clear: 'Break chains' 'animals crying in zoo' 'a biology'
It all makes sense! - The video has animals in it too.
Hope this helps.
Chris Corner is a 'fan' of Austria and told nearly the same in an interview at the austrian radio-station 'FM4'. He said; one day he read a sign in Vienna that leads to the 'Tiergarten' and associate this with 'teargarden', so he got sad about the imagination that such a place could exist...
I do evil things and evil things return
And I'm praying now
Praying for me
You can't hide
I remove from you
Every tiny strength in everything you do
And I'll kick you down
I'll break you with a tender touch
Then the tears cried in the tear garden will be for life
In the west they have made a plague
We have built the ship that sailed it to our veins
And God forbid
Anything should break that chain
At our root, we are connected through
A biology, a universal cruelty
Send me home
Return me to a lonely womb
...
(according to the insert.)
'Tier' is german for animal, which sounds like tear.
'Tiergarten' is german for Zoo (animal garden)
So, This song is about animals, and zoos, being trapped etc.
The imagery is quite clear: 'Break chains' 'animals crying in zoo' 'a biology'
It all makes sense! - The video has animals in it too.
Hope this helps.