You re not obliged to swallow anything you despise

Description:Its about how throughout almost all societies of human history, the "old guard" the 'elders' of society who uphold social conventions, norms, attitudes come to this elderly point in their lives where they are no longer the potent youths but now aging has-beens, and so attempt and usually succeed in controlling and using the younger generations -- they thus feel as though they are in control of at least something. So this bitter, older generation sends its young, healthy and brightest off to war upon war and generally neglect the needs of the young and of the future generations. There is a natural power balance in virtually every society where the older generations simply maintain a LOT more power than those in the younger years of their lives, in a financial, political, and social sense. So, without meaning to, they generally exploit it, taking advantage of the fact that there's not much younger generations can or hhave the confidence to do about their parent's and grandparents' selfish decisions -- in the song they are identified as "those unrepenting buzzards [who] want your life"; scavengers. Further, the very next line declares "they've got no right, as sure as you've got eyes".

Views: 9965 Date: 2018-12-18 Favorited: 44