Most of the song seems to be describing the dog eat dog world we were born into -- not just the Capitalist economic system we live in, but the whole shebang: evolution, the very process which allows us to exist, even, is dog eat dog. We wouldn't be able to exist if the weak were weeded out and the strong allowed to survive.
And yet, this is a morally unsatisfying reality.
Thus, the chorus comes along to tell us that, despite this amoral universe we find ourselves in, all we can do is 'try the best we can' to improve our world and our universe, in order to make it moral. Each of us has limited power to achieve this goal, given that the universe seems to push in an amoral direction.
Still, we should be happy with simply trying our best with our limited powers. That is the optimistic message: it's ok to be limited in power. That, of course, is beyond our control, and we should submit and accept to that reality, all the while trying our best to move our universe in a better direction.
@Risiko You kinda get it, but kinda don't.... ITS NOT OK... the angst is all about the unsatisfying reality of "I'd really like to help you man..." and something in us that says, no, its not "good enough", something in us moans and groans like the song at the end and says, no, the great tragedy, no eastern merely peacefully accepting that in this rock song at least... "if you try the best you can the best you can is good enough" is being mocked as a mere tautology of the tragic seen of messed up marionettes on a prison...
@Risiko You kinda get it, but kinda don't.... ITS NOT OK... the angst is all about the unsatisfying reality of "I'd really like to help you man..." and something in us that says, no, its not "good enough", something in us moans and groans like the song at the end and says, no, the great tragedy, no eastern merely peacefully accepting that in this rock song at least... "if you try the best you can the best you can is good enough" is being mocked as a mere tautology of the tragic seen of messed up marionettes on a prison ship he sees and their limits
Most of the song seems to be describing the dog eat dog world we were born into -- not just the Capitalist economic system we live in, but the whole shebang: evolution, the very process which allows us to exist, even, is dog eat dog. We wouldn't be able to exist if the weak were weeded out and the strong allowed to survive.
And yet, this is a morally unsatisfying reality.
Thus, the chorus comes along to tell us that, despite this amoral universe we find ourselves in, all we can do is 'try the best we can' to improve our world and our universe, in order to make it moral. Each of us has limited power to achieve this goal, given that the universe seems to push in an amoral direction.
Still, we should be happy with simply trying our best with our limited powers. That is the optimistic message: it's ok to be limited in power. That, of course, is beyond our control, and we should submit and accept to that reality, all the while trying our best to move our universe in a better direction.
@Risiko Nicely said.
@Risiko Nicely said.
@Risiko You kinda get it, but kinda don't.... ITS NOT OK... the angst is all about the unsatisfying reality of "I'd really like to help you man..." and something in us that says, no, its not "good enough", something in us moans and groans like the song at the end and says, no, the great tragedy, no eastern merely peacefully accepting that in this rock song at least... "if you try the best you can the best you can is good enough" is being mocked as a mere tautology of the tragic seen of messed up marionettes on a prison...
@Risiko You kinda get it, but kinda don't.... ITS NOT OK... the angst is all about the unsatisfying reality of "I'd really like to help you man..." and something in us that says, no, its not "good enough", something in us moans and groans like the song at the end and says, no, the great tragedy, no eastern merely peacefully accepting that in this rock song at least... "if you try the best you can the best you can is good enough" is being mocked as a mere tautology of the tragic seen of messed up marionettes on a prison ship he sees and their limits