"The
Animal
Song"
~~The
animal
in the complicated world
By Andrey Chen
A.The
busy world:
In
this high-technique world, we can always see crowds of people and disturbing
noises everywhere. People move in a quick pace and chase for things
such as money and fame. However, sometimes we may lose our sense
and feelings in this busy world. Our hearts are empty and lonely
because we neglect our true feelings. We care news about others,
but forget to nourish our minds. Lyrics of "The animal song" express
the sadness for us, the narrator want to save us out of the busy world
for a while and wake the innocent souls from us by leading us to become
animals.
B.The
innocent animals:
"When
superstars and cannonballs are running through your head/ television freak
show cops and robbers everywhere." This line refers that people grow
ignorant, feel nothing even if a cannonball is running through our heads.
Besides, we get used to those "arranged" things and programs for us, but
forget that we once had the unlimited creativity in our childhood.
The line, "Subway makes me nervous/ people pushing me too far" shows that
this city is too busy for people to leave a space for friendship and communication.
We always need to fight because if we don't we will be defeated.
Thus, people are treated as obstacles or enemies instead of respective
human beings in the busy world. We are getting along with stress
and pressure all the time. The line "Got to break away/ so take my
hand now/ because I want to live like animals/ I want to live like animals/
careless and free like animals" indicates that the narrator wants to get
rid of all the ignorance and stress and to become an innocent animal which
doesn't need to care about the meaningless city thing. "I want to
live/ I want to run through the jungles/ the wind in my hair/ and the sand
at my feet." Jungles are always natural, and everything is original
there. Animals will never be bothered in such a place. If without
unnecessary constraints and shoes, we human beings can also expose ourselves
to the nature.
C.Lost
selves in childhoods:
The
lines, "I've been having difficulties keeping to myself/ feelings and emotions
better left up on the self," "nimals and children tell the truth/ they
never lie/ which one is more human? There's a thought now you decide" shows
us that human adults learn to lie, cheat, and deprived the honesty of our
hearts. In contrast, the innocent animals and children have more
qualification to deserve the name of "human," "Compassion in the jungle/
compassion in your hands/ Would you like to make a run for it? Would you
like to take my hands?" The lines above encourage us to follow the
original innocence in our childhood, which has been deeply buried in our
hearts. Just dig it out and follow the passion!
D.Find
our innocence in this busy world again:
"Sometimes
this life can get you down/ It's so confusing there's so many rules to
follow/ but I don't feel it because I just run away in my mind."
Life can be painful tortures if we choose to live the busy lives.
We have the right to follow the free wills in our minds, but most of us
choose to follow the social rules and repress the innocent passion.
Only the witty man can follow his passion in his mind and find his own
happiness. From "The animal song" we can see that the narrator wants
to tell people this busy world often leads people to forget and hide the
true selves that we once had in our childhood. We should dig out
our animal-like innocence and find out our true selves.
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A.The
Busy world