I belive they got some ideas for this song from the book entitled Ishmael. Read it. It's good.
I agree! I heard somewhere that the novel Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn, had a strong influence on the Yield album. There are "echoes nobody hears," yet "we're faithful" to these echoes, "we all believe." These echoes could be what really ties us together, no matter what religion or social standing: the deepest values and beliefs of our society. Beliefs such as: humans are destined to conquer and rule the earth; we have a god-given right to people the earth; the strongest individual will survive at any cost, and so on. These ideas are so embedded in our culture, we really stop thinking of them...like the hum of traffic in the background that is always there, yet you never really "hear" it.
In fact, many of those ideas could be seen as M-Y-T-H-S. Does it really make sense that one species (us) out of the millions on this planet is supposed to procreate in heavy concentrations, destroy natural resources, and even wipe out other species for non-food purposes? How many places on earth are left that have not been stepped on by people?
I do find threads of optimism in Yield: there is a voice inside - we don't always listen to our inner voice, but it's there. Maybe it's that inner voice that needs to be released ("key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere" from GTF). Time to reconcile oneself that yeah, I've wasted a heap of yesterdays living in a daze (like so many forgotten, tossed out paper plates), but now it's time to go forward and be faithful to that inner voice that tells us how to live consciously, wisely,compassionately.
Or maybe "Faithful" is really (as I read on the Internet) a passionate testimonial to marriage, 'cuz you know, the band is all growed up now!!! Ha ha!
Ed - "its about belief that everythings gonna be alright"
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"voice inside, so drowned out.."
everything is gonna be alright...if you listen to the "right" voice inside.
sometimes that is hard to distinguish.
the song to me is about longing. longing to be enlightened and the impatience that goes along with that longing. and also about people trying to screw with your thoughts and beliefs by using scare tactics.
ps -- and I've never really understood the "furry thing" bit. Ed's got me there.
I wish I had saved this (or had a better memory), because I don't remember any of the details, but a couple years ago someone posted a long explanation of "furry thing" and the song as a whole that made perfect sense. All I can remember is that it had something to do with Plato.
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
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i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
I agree! I heard somewhere that the novel Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn, had a strong influence on the Yield album. There are "echoes nobody hears," yet "we're faithful" to these echoes, "we all believe." These echoes could be what really ties us together, no matter what religion or social standing: the deepest values and beliefs of our society. Beliefs such as: humans are destined to conquer and rule the earth; we have a god-given right to people the earth; the strongest individual will survive at any cost, and so on. These ideas are so embedded in our culture, we really stop thinking of them...like the hum of traffic in the background that is always there, yet you never really "hear" it.
In fact, many of those ideas could be seen as M-Y-T-H-S. Does it really make sense that one species (us) out of the millions on this planet is supposed to procreate in heavy concentrations, destroy natural resources, and even wipe out other species for non-food purposes? How many places on earth are left that have not been stepped on by people?
I do find threads of optimism in Yield: there is a voice inside - we don't always listen to our inner voice, but it's there. Maybe it's that inner voice that needs to be released ("key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere" from GTF). Time to reconcile oneself that yeah, I've wasted a heap of yesterdays living in a daze (like so many forgotten, tossed out paper plates), but now it's time to go forward and be faithful to that inner voice that tells us how to live consciously, wisely,compassionately.
Or maybe "Faithful" is really (as I read on the Internet) a passionate testimonial to marriage, 'cuz you know, the band is all growed up now!!! Ha ha!
But seriously, Ishmael is worth a read.
fully made up when they played it at wembley07
They can buy but cant put on my clothes
Throw down my ace in the hole~~~~~~
Let's go for three in a row, no sorry i can't think of anything thats not funny. - Paul Merton
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"voice inside, so drowned out.."
everything is gonna be alright...if you listen to the "right" voice inside.
sometimes that is hard to distinguish.
the song to me is about longing. longing to be enlightened and the impatience that goes along with that longing. and also about people trying to screw with your thoughts and beliefs by using scare tactics.