Story Behind The Song
Ecologic protest song encouraging humanity to consider our impact on the Earth and asking if we are willing to change. The comparison of Man to is to Earth as Cancer is to Man is meant to get people to think of the effect our wastefulness has on both the earth and ourselves and to realize that we are indelibly connected to Earth, we cannot survive without her.
changed our behavior on this one.
Song Description
Ecologic protest song encouraging humanity to consider our impact on the Earth and asking if we are willing to change. The comparison of Man to is to Earth as Cancer is to Man is meant to get people to think of the effect our wastefulness has on both the earth and ourselves and to realize that we are indelibly connected to Earth, we cannot survive without her.
The first verse asks how long it would take us to destroy a new planet if we were able to colonize one - referencing the acceleration of progress and destruction of resources since the Industrial evolution. We need to recognize that moving to a new home is useless if we haven't already changed our behavior on this one.
| Song Length |
3:08 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Spoken Word - Politics |
Lyrics
out there
on the edge of the known universe
sits another planet
where man is not the king
if we
colonized it, made it ours
how long before
our wasting ways
would bring it down?
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
on planet earth
am i
just another killer on the hoof?
throw away mentality
adding to the end of everything
if we
changed our ways would we change a thing?
or would our
wasting ways still
bring it down?
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
on planet earth
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
I wonder
if the disease cure can itself?
right here
expression of our disconnect
separated souls
a symptom of colapse?
if we
recognized it, made it ours
how long before
our changing ways
could turn it round?
cancer
can take a cell and turn it bad
once the cell is taken
can it ever be brought back?
if we
recognize it, make it ours
can we with
our change of ways
turn it back to life?
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
on planet earth
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
maybe man
is the disease
I wonder
if the disease cure can itself?