![]() ![]() ’Tis darkest when the night is furthest worn. Thy coming morrow will be clear and bright Is followed by the bright and blushing morn, Nor utter more that deep, despairing wail.īut do not let thy strength and courage fail And as we continue doing right, the principles of honesty, love, and justice will give us the power to strive for what is due all of humanity. ![]() In the midst of discrimination, our heart-the core of our being-must lead us into rightful change. The first and last lines of the Johnson poem immediately stood out to me. Anthony Trecek-King requested a song that aligned with the social justice theme of his concerts with Seraphic Fire. I'm also fairly pessimistic about our chance of survival as a species, so this really speaks to me.Dr. I'm a big fan of the HBO news show VICE, or as I like to call it "the most depressing half our on television". ![]() Love this song and the album theme in general. However, to think we will bring about the end of the world itself is perhaps thinking a bit too highly of ourselves. Can we bring about our own destruction? Absolutely. The earth will live on long after human beings have wiped ourselves out, or rendered the earth incapable of sustaining us. To hear some people describe it today humans are going to bring about the end of the world, but this could not be further from the truth. "Well the Earth doesn't care and we hardly even matterĪnd still, the world, it don't give a shit" Brave lyrics: I think Ill be brave Starting with you But Ill fall away if you tell me to Id rather be wrong Then hope that Im right Cause I cant go on. A time in which overpopulation has resulted in the depletion of resources, and perhaps lead to unspeakable wars over water, food, and land.Ĭomparing humans to ants covering everything. To Isaac or the narrator dying today is not nearly as scary as the prospect of living in some unspecified future time when things have gotten really dicey. "I am not afraid to be dead but it's scary for me to stayīe brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, and be brave" We are unwittingly overpopulating the earth and filling every little nook and cranny with too many human beings. We as a species tend to view children as a wonderful gift, rather than a danger. "As sharks in sheep's clothing, pumping with our hips This time Isaac seems to point to the growing problem of overpopulation specifically. To me this is another song on the self destructive nature of humans. Piled up under mountains of dirt and siltĪnd still, the world, it don't give a shitīut be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave! (Be brave!)īe brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave! (Be brave!)īe brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, be brave! We're just a bit more piss to push out its full bladderĪnd as our bodies float down onto all their rocky little bits Well the Earth doesn't care and we hardly even matter We don't quit, we won't quit, we can't quit, we just don't quit The unicorns missing last call to get on Noah's ship We go from day to day misbehaving in the most appropriate ways I am not afraid to be dead but it's scary for me to stayįrom day to day, from day to day to todayīe brave, be brave, be brave, be brave, and be brave We care, we care, we carry our own weightĪs sharks in sheep's clothing, pumping with our hipsįilling every single corner with our soft little gifts of ourselves ![]()
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