I beieve this song is about a change in the people of America's collective conciousness and perspective over the past 7 or so years. I don't want to deconstruct the song because it loses its feeling and meaning that way, but in essense, the song is saying that the old American ideals can no longer be applied to the new world. We are coming to realize that our view of history is incredibly bias and that we are not the almighty, all-encompassing power we once thought we were. Our influence is waning. We are culturally unwise, immature if you will...and we are finally, as a young country, going through our growing pains. We, as a nation, are going to have to evolve with the rest of the world. This change is inevitable...like the change of color in the autumn leaves.
The political message of the song is pretty clearly communicated throught the music video, where a women in military uniform representing America is being overwhelmed by the world around her. In the end, as hard as she tries to persist, she fails. Nature wins. The time for change has arrived.
There are also words that represent America and its symbology throughout the song. For example:
"love is the province of the brave" is a play on words of the gandhi quote...meaning that love should be of the utmost importance, especially in the land of the free and the home OF THE BRAVE.
"Pushed under this EXPANSE OF BURSTING STARS
Let this burning brightly illuminate the where we are" in reference to our flag's stars.
"Much like falcons tumbling from the heights at play
Conjoined, talons engaged" referring to America's symbology of a bald eagle falling from its pedastal in the sky...falling from grace that is.
There are many references to courage and freedom and what we have taken from other people's that have preceeded us (native american's, etc.)...things all likely to be associated with America.
The song emmotes, in my opinion, a very important message in these all to volatile times we live in.
I beieve this song is about a change in the people of America's collective conciousness and perspective over the past 7 or so years. I don't want to deconstruct the song because it loses its feeling and meaning that way, but in essense, the song is saying that the old American ideals can no longer be applied to the new world. We are coming to realize that our view of history is incredibly bias and that we are not the almighty, all-encompassing power we once thought we were. Our influence is waning. We are culturally unwise, immature if you will...and we are finally, as a young country, going through our growing pains. We, as a nation, are going to have to evolve with the rest of the world. This change is inevitable...like the change of color in the autumn leaves.
The political message of the song is pretty clearly communicated throught the music video, where a women in military uniform representing America is being overwhelmed by the world around her. In the end, as hard as she tries to persist, she fails. Nature wins. The time for change has arrived.
There are also words that represent America and its symbology throughout the song. For example:
"love is the province of the brave" is a play on words of the gandhi quote...meaning that love should be of the utmost importance, especially in the land of the free and the home OF THE BRAVE.
"Pushed under this EXPANSE OF BURSTING STARS Let this burning brightly illuminate the where we are" in reference to our flag's stars.
"Much like falcons tumbling from the heights at play Conjoined, talons engaged" referring to America's symbology of a bald eagle falling from its pedastal in the sky...falling from grace that is.
There are many references to courage and freedom and what we have taken from other people's that have preceeded us (native american's, etc.)...things all likely to be associated with America.
The song emmotes, in my opinion, a very important message in these all to volatile times we live in.