Pride yourself upon your culture, respect those who are there to teach, don't throw it all away. It opens the eyes to the atrocities that are happening right under our noses. This "Old Woman" is thinking of her ancestor's proud cultural heritage and how shameful and depressing it is to see her children and other youths wasting their lives with drugs and substance abuse, not taking a moment to think of their own heritage.Ī great, heartfelt and emotional song. drinking that has stolen so many souls and flooded her sacred blood" Why did us, the natives, sink from our proud culture to become addicts, living in squalor and famine? The colonists forced them into this lifestyle which is becoming ever more apparent among indigenous youths. The colonists either killed the locals or killed their culture. "if they didn't take our lives, they took away the things that made us feel alive" Note that this is applicable to Native Americans, Australian Aborigines and just about any other culture harmed by the sickening attitude of the colonial "whites". Wiping out the local culture and doing all-round terrible things to the natives. This is referring to the original invasion of colonists. It may be depressing, but ignoring it or discriminating against it are going to do nothing to help it. Why bloody debate over a 'financial crisis' or who has the biggest guns or bombs when we have violation of human rights under all of our noses? Who gives a damn if some corrupt corporation goes under? We have kids sniffing petrol as their prime source of entertainment. The issues afflicting both of these cultures are horrifying and need to be dealt with swiftly. They are all the same inside, no matter what their appearance. To be nitpicking between the two cultures is like sorting Smarties. Native American? Australian Aborigines? Who cares who it's written about, the message is the same.
This is a song which doesn't discriminate. Yes, I am Australian, so don't attack me about being a "Stupid American". Xavier's wife is Canadian, so of course he would hold North America close to his heart, and it makes perfect sense to be a song written about the Inuits or American Indians. General CommentPlease, 'yeww', this isn't a place to be sending bad vibes. She says, "Ooh ooh, see the bottle took away my son She says, "Ooh ooh, where are we gonna run? She says, "Ooh ooh, the bottle took away my son The drink in there has stolen so many souls Now she looks to the arm, saw them sniffing on their drugs She thinks of her grandmother and her grandfather In old woman we flex from the East to the West How did this become? How did this become?" They took away the things that made us feel alive
The places we were put and the things we were givenīut they took away are pride but they didn't take our lives The places that we live and the living that we did
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