This track is off of their new 2009 masterpiece, “Embryonic”. This record fits in with a lot of what we talk about on the Wilderness Sportsman. There is a nature/technology/balance theme running throughout the record. One of the last songs is called “Watching the Planets”, which is a tribal, earthy song. Previous to that track however is “Evil”, a song about the evil we all have inside of us, and whether we choose to trigger it or not. I think the readers of this blog who enjoy rock music will really like this album, both musically and lyrically. There are numerous references to animals, nature, the galaxy, etc.

The track “Evil” was especially haunting to me as I drove through the west, witnessing the dead coyotes hanging from the ranch fences and the numerous roadkill all over the highways. I looked up at the rural sprawl that pushes ever closer to the mountain sides,and the encroaching light pollution. I saw one of my favorite meadows which was once an amazing place to see moose now being drained and evened for a trophy home. I saw no moose that trip even though it was the rut. They had gone.

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips wrote “Evil” after hearing a story about an African village which befriended a baby hippo. This animal was the star of the village. They considered it “one of them”, and the animal provided great joy to the children. However, one summer a group of American hunters came into the village. The baby hippo enthusiastically rambled up to the hunters, and they promptly shot and killed the animal. No reason was given, just that they “got a kick out of it”.

Which person are you? Do you bring light or darkness into this world with the decisions you make?

You can listen to the song in the player below:

I wish I could go back
Go back in time
I wish I could go back
Back in time

Oh, I would have shown you
Those people are evil
And they’ll hurt you if they can
I’ll never understand
Understand