I love interpreting songs, its lots of fun.
who wants to help me?
the song is…Sheep, now the general message of the song is obvious, however there are certain parts of it where my understanding of it is muddled.
"Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away;
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.
You better watch out,
There may be dogs about
I’ve looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem.
What do you get for pretending the danger’s not real.
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel.
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes.
Now things are really what they seem.
No, this is no bad dream.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by.
With bright knives He releaseth my soul.
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets,
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger.
When cometh the day we lowly ones,
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate,
Lo, we shall rise up,
And then we’ll make the bugger’s eyes water.
Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.
Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You better stay home
And do as you’re told.
Get out of the road if you want to grow old."
who might these dogs be? the atheists? im not sure…
hmm…
wave upon wave of demented avengers? what exactly do you think that means?
back to the general message of the song though, i feel as if ‘God and religion’ are almost being portrayed as the ‘shadow puppeteers’ in the Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, the religous are the ones chained to the walls.
BTW i do not intend to mock religion and call those who are religious ‘sheep’, i was simply talking about the song.