mikeseals59 - Posted on Oct 17, 2009

The song, like several others by the band, refers to early white settlement in Australia and is sung from the perspective of the Aborigines who had laid claim to the land prior to the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. The song's chorus carries a far more empowering message than the verses, featuring the lyrics, "We carry in our hearts the true country / And that cannot be stolen / We follow in the steps of our ancestry / And that cannot be broken".

mikeseals59 - Posted on Oct 17, 2009

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Smallmaxx - Posted on Oct 20, 2009

O r maybe it goes deeper still, could be that the song itself is a lament of the overall and excess consumption of society and a reflection of the destructive nature of mankind and what men themsleves are capable of , if we don't make changes soon to our ways , we ourselves will become extinct or maybe something simple! It's open to interpretation really!

Guevaristas - Posted on Oct 23, 2009

are you entering into some metaphysical explanation? What is fact and what is not? "The is ought gap"

apemanstreetwalker - Posted on Oct 24, 2009

ok love the band...always have....is it me or does he kinda dress like freddy kruger in this?

jojo99344 - Posted on Oct 24, 2009

I can't help it,I love this band and I love the lead singer ohhhlala

TheFerrarispider - Posted on Oct 27, 2009

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amys1708 - Posted on Oct 28, 2009

you're right. funny, huh?

Yosemite25 - Posted on Nov 1, 2009

Still love this Band. True meaning behind most of their songs. Love it, thanks for the post.

doctorw2 - Posted on Nov 10, 2009

australia is a rascist country and will always be a rascist country no matter how many times they may deny it.

iam18iswearreally - Posted on Nov 10, 2009

as compared to which country? Your from the fucking UK. Are you seriously that fucking arrogant, or is it just mere irogance which leads you to spout such verbal filth?

doctorw2 - Posted on Nov 10, 2009

well speaking of verbal filth you get an A class spot on that one, could you not curb the obscenities and speak intelligently? or are you one of those australian drovers who take the ocassional swig of kangeroo urine? anyway australia is a want to be united states spooner if ever there was one mate rascist attitude and all.

iam18iswearreally - Posted on Nov 10, 2009

The only reason i couldn't retain the language, was because i was so disgusted at the hypocrisy of your statement. The UK was the country who initially killed all the Aborigines. It was the UK who destroyed countries such as Mali, and other African nations, with their expansionist and colonising ethos. And your comment about whether or not i was swigging kangeroo urine, is a prime example of our own racism. You archetypal hypocrite.

jolibitz - Posted on Nov 10, 2009

garret should have stayed at what he did best ... singing

doctorw2 - Posted on Nov 10, 2009

england has learned the error of its ways will you?

iam18iswearreally - Posted on Nov 10, 2009

i would argue that we already have. We are working to increase the standard of living of Aborigines, their rate of literacy and numeracy, and their length of time for which they live. Our cts have introduced various bills such as Native Title to try to give land back to Aborigines which was stolen from them, by the English many years ago. So although you may have 'learned the error of your ways' everyone else is still forced to clean up after your mess.

iam18iswearreally - Posted on Nov 10, 2009

Please, if you are going to use the comment section, at least right in sensible and legible words, preferably in English. OK dog?

nupthatisit - Posted on Nov 14, 2009

so, let me get this straight - you say Australians are racist by making racist comments yourself? Yep, can see the logic there.

nupthatisit - Posted on Nov 14, 2009

Wrong, Minister of the Environment

doctorw2 - Posted on Nov 14, 2009

no i am not a rascist not in the slightest degree, i just spoke in anger thats all. that jackson jive bit on australian tv really got me very cross, michael jackson just recently died and they just disrespected his memory and his family with that dispicable act.

Username1361 - Posted on Nov 14, 2009

Alexisonfire is going to cover this song I heard

Coldfire6699 - Posted on Nov 14, 2009

pfft.... what a load of crap, any donkey with half a brain could see that those guys had no malice intentions, one of them was black ffs! On the other hand Jay Leno makes a racist joke about Jackson and its met with cheers and laughter, the yanks are hippocrites and so are you. Having not long returned from the uk, i know personally how seggregated th uk is socially and racially, and dont get me started on the history. Your comments have shown what an ignorant twat you are.

doctorw2 - Posted on Nov 14, 2009

well, to make a long argument short rascism is everywhere i wish it never existed in britian because i want british citizens to be better than the yanks or any other country that has had racial strife. i just wish britian could be a true model for promoting fairness to other people.

nupthatisit - Posted on Nov 14, 2009

Actually, two went missing about 5 years ago......

nupthatisit - Posted on Nov 15, 2009

I agree, the Hey Hey sketch was a racist act, not intentionally, but more blame should be placed on the producers of that show. But for goodness sake, does that excuse your comments about Australian swigging kangaroo urine? And given Tony Blair's unblinded devotion to Bush, UK is just as guilty as sucking up to the US. We've voted Howard's party out though, you haven't. Not to mention the numerous race riots in the UK, have they really learnt their way? I'd think before commenting... hmmmm?