This song is talking about the superficial nature of our youth. It emphasizes the total loss of inocence to the societal uniformity imposed upon us through media and so forth. But the message i hear loudest is how unhappy this loss of individuality really is-"We'll waltz like an army for the fear of our pain"- I beilieve the pain he refers is rejection. The fear of being rejected by others. This fear leads us to strip ourselves naked of our individuality and give into other peoples wishes and other peoples sins. He also refers to birth twice in the song-"The first born my heart will call truly, a god like boy of the sky"- and-"Our souls become useless as the day they were born"- The beauty of these two lyrics is that, though they speak of essentially the same subject they give you polar perspectives. The first such perspective to begin the song looks at the innocence and near holy nature of a newborn child; While the second clearly points out the dark fact that no matter how innocent a new born may be, he is stained with original sin. The placement in the actual song compels me to beileve that the structure of the song very much follows the pattern of our lives. We ALL, regaurdless of how vicious later in life, begin as innocent children. But through the pressure to fit in and be accepted one allows themselves to be bended and molded into the precomposed suits of society. The cruel nature of this world corrupts us and inevitably leads to us losing all credibility and sense of self one once had while in the shelter of family love-"rusted arm rocking chair away from your storm"-
This song is talking about the superficial nature of our youth. It emphasizes the total loss of inocence to the societal uniformity imposed upon us through media and so forth. But the message i hear loudest is how unhappy this loss of individuality really is-"We'll waltz like an army for the fear of our pain"- I beilieve the pain he refers is rejection. The fear of being rejected by others. This fear leads us to strip ourselves naked of our individuality and give into other peoples wishes and other peoples sins. He also refers to birth twice in the song-"The first born my heart will call truly, a god like boy of the sky"- and-"Our souls become useless as the day they were born"- The beauty of these two lyrics is that, though they speak of essentially the same subject they give you polar perspectives. The first such perspective to begin the song looks at the innocence and near holy nature of a newborn child; While the second clearly points out the dark fact that no matter how innocent a new born may be, he is stained with original sin. The placement in the actual song compels me to beileve that the structure of the song very much follows the pattern of our lives. We ALL, regaurdless of how vicious later in life, begin as innocent children. But through the pressure to fit in and be accepted one allows themselves to be bended and molded into the precomposed suits of society. The cruel nature of this world corrupts us and inevitably leads to us losing all credibility and sense of self one once had while in the shelter of family love-"rusted arm rocking chair away from your storm"-