Today is the 150th anniversary of “Origin of Species,” by Charles Darwin. Few if any books changed the world like Darwin’s volume. Personally, I have no problem with the ideas Darwin introduced. If anything, I feel a little sorry for the man who perhaps is even more controversial now then he was while he was living. Earlier this year The Low Anthem’s put out a single about the ideas that Charlie Darwin put forward. The song is quite possibly one of the most beautiful singles of the year, and one that makes you think. The video fits the song perfectly, I think. Here’s the video and lyrics:
Charlie Darwin by The Low Anthem
Set the sails I feel the winds a'stirring
Toward the bright horizon set the way
Cast your wreckless dreams upon our Mayflower
Haven from the world and her decay
And who could heed the words of Charlie Darwin
Fighting for a system built to fail
Spooning water from their broken vessels
As far as I can see there is no land
Oh my god, the water's all around us
Oh my god, it's all around
And who could heed the words of Charlie Darwin
The lords of war just profit from decay
And trade their children's promise for the jingle
The way we trade our hard earned time for pay
Oh my god, the water's cold and shapeless
Oh my god, it's all around
Oh my god, life is cold and formless
Oh my god, it's all around
2 comments:
I love that you refer to him as Charlie.
It's weird we've gone all this time and have all this research and so much scientific information, yet there are still those that WANT to believe God went bibbity bobbity and smashed a few things together and here we all are, yet somehow also believe He is a God of order and laws and commandments.
The ignorant take the truth to be hard?
Dunno. I'm just glad he noticed a few things that led to what we know now.
The tune really is one of the beautiful ones. They come dangerously close to sounding like they could pull off Bon Iver with this tune, too. More than any other band I've heard since Justin V. started being Bon I.
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