@BARDRICK I don't agree, they seem more worried about ensuring that future generations have a peaceful society and don't have to endure the wars that the English had throughout a lot of the 20th century.
@BARDRICK I don't agree, they seem more worried about ensuring that future generations have a peaceful society and don't have to endure the wars that the English had throughout a lot of the 20th century.
@sokorny That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
@sokorny That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
As for your "future generations," the lyrics allude to castles--the lives, lies, stories, meanings, and traditions passed down through generations. So the question seems to be, what are we passing down to the next generation? Nothing, is the answer (there's no England now.)
The song is about the fall of England from greatness in the mid 20th Century,
@BARDRICK I don't agree, they seem more worried about ensuring that future generations have a peaceful society and don't have to endure the wars that the English had throughout a lot of the 20th century.
@BARDRICK I don't agree, they seem more worried about ensuring that future generations have a peaceful society and don't have to endure the wars that the English had throughout a lot of the 20th century.
@sokorny That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
@sokorny That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
As for your "future generations," the lyrics allude to castles--the lives, lies, stories, meanings, and traditions passed down through generations. So the question seems to be, what are we passing down to the next generation? Nothing, is the answer (there's no England now.)