Well, it's July 2009, and this is still a great, great song. The beginning of it is mayhem...beautiful. I believe this song is essentially saying, "we're angry, life is meaningless and nothing satisfies so what should I do? Should I find another lover, get some food...or track down my asshole brother and try to get satisfaction out of setting him straight; the new century is about to begin, religion's no good (according to him, or in other words is not an answer to meaninglessness) and for those who say, "numb out" (zen being the absence of thought and the disappearance into the bliss of "no-mind"), he says, "I don't think so". He's saying he doesn't know what to do and trying to just numb it out is not an answer...the pain of living is real and must be dealt with, not evaded.
Well, it's July 2009, and this is still a great, great song. The beginning of it is mayhem...beautiful. I believe this song is essentially saying, "we're angry, life is meaningless and nothing satisfies so what should I do? Should I find another lover, get some food...or track down my asshole brother and try to get satisfaction out of setting him straight; the new century is about to begin, religion's no good (according to him, or in other words is not an answer to meaninglessness) and for those who say, "numb out" (zen being the absence of thought and the disappearance into the bliss of "no-mind"), he says, "I don't think so". He's saying he doesn't know what to do and trying to just numb it out is not an answer...the pain of living is real and must be dealt with, not evaded.