Analyzing Lyrics (help please =D)

  • Jesse Ray
    19 years ago

    For my World History class, my teacher wants us to analyze a song named "History Will Teach Us Nothing" by Sting. We had to figure out if Sting really believed that History was pointless.

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    If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past
    Security in human systems we’re told will always always last
    Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast
    Without a breath of real freedom we’re getting nowhere fast

    If God is dead and an actor plays his part
    His words of fear will find their way to a place in your heart
    Without the voice of reason every faith is it’s own curse
    Without freedom from the past things can only get worse

    Sooner or later just like the world first day
    Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
    Sooner or later just like the world first day
    Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
    Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away

    History will teach us nothing
    History will teach us nothing

    Our written history is a catalogue of crime
    The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time
    The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild
    The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as it’s child

    Sooner or later
    Sooner or later
    Sooner or later
    Sooner or later

    Convince an enemy, convince him that he’s wrong
    Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long
    A simple act of faith
    In reason over might
    To blow up his children will only prove him right
    History will teach us nothing

    Sooner or later the world first day
    Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
    Sooner or later the world first day
    Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
    Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away

    History will teach us nothing
    History will teach us nothing

    Know you human rights
    Be what you come here for
    Know your human rights
    Be what you come here for
    Know your human rights
    Be what you come here for
    Know your human rights
    Be what you come here for
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    please help =D