Savages - song by 'marina and the diamonds'
영국의 가수 마리나(Marina and the Diamonds)의 이 노래를 듣다보면 곡의 흥겨움과 세련된 리듬에
빠져들기도 하지만, 그 가사가 말하는 오늘의 인류에 대한 노골적인 비판이 예사롭지 않음에 더욱 매혹된다.
DNA에 각인된 인간의 특성에 대해서, 이 신랄한 야만성과 동물성, 그리고 수많은 모순을 지닌 인간의 모든
행동양식과 학습의 미명하에 이루어지는 졸렬한 본성의 본색에 대해서...
신(神)을 두려워하지 않는 그녀가 인간은 두렵다고 노래한다...
Murder lives forever
And so does war
Its survival of the fittest
Rich against the poor
At the end of the day
Its a human trait
Sewn deep down inside of our DNA
One man can build a bomb
Another run a race
To save somebodys life
And have it blow up in his face
Im not the only one who
Finds it hard to understand
Im not afraid of God
I am afraid of Man
Is it running in our blood
Is it running in our veins
Is it running in our genes
Is it in our DNA
Humans arent gonna behave
As we think we always should
Yeah, we can be as bad as we can good
Underneath it all, were just savages
Hidden behind shirts, ties and marriages
How could we expect anything at all
Were just animals, still learning how to crawl
We live, we die
We steal, we kill, we lie
Just like animals
But with far less grace
We laugh, we cry
Like babies in the night
Forever running wild
In the human race
Another day, another tale of rape
Another ticking bomb to bury deep and detonate
Im not the only one who finds it hard to understand
Im not afraid of God
Im afraid of Man
You can see it on the news
You can watch it on TV
You can read it on your phone
You can say its troubling
Humans arent gonna behave
As we think we always should
Yeah, we can be as bad as we can good
Underneath it all, were just savages
Hidden behind shirts, ties and marriages
How could we expect anything at all
Were just animals, still learning how to crawl
Underneath it all, were just savages
Hidden behind shirts, ties and marriages
Truth is in us all, cradle to the grave
Were just animals still learning how to behave
All the hate coming out from a generation
Who got everything, and nothing guided by temptation
We were born to abuse, shoot a gun and run
Or has something deep inside of us come undone
Is it a human trait, or is it learned behavior
Are you killing for yourself, or killing for your savior
Underneath it all, we’re just savages
Hidden behind shirts, ties and marriages
How could we expect anything at all?
We’re just animals still learning how to crawl
Underneath it all, we’re just savages
Hidden behind shirts, ties & marriages
Truth is in us all, cradle to the grave
We’re just animals still learning to behave
