The Second verse is as follows:
And the sign says "Anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight"
So I jumped the fence and I yelled at the house, Hey! What gives you the right
To put up a fence And keep me out Or to keep Mother Nature in
If God was here He'd tell it to your face Man You're some kind of sinner
My Argument is that is the meaning of the word "sign" agrees in this verse to it's meaning in the other verses. It refers to a rule or regulation as to how to live your life, it becomes more of a symbol of ownership and discrimination. Every time I see a building with a fence around it and a sign saying no trespassing, I think to myself why are certain people allowed in certain places on earth and some people are not? Wasn't earth created for all humans? Isn't the U.S. about freedom and being able to do what you want, where you want? Apparently not because all over the U.S. different areas have restrictions on them as to who is allowed in and out. Included in the American dream is the desire to own your own property. People buy land and do whatever they want with it. They can control who is allowed to be on the property and who isn't.
In the first line, "And the sign says "Anybody caught trespassing with be shot on sight," I find it crazy to think that the punishment of simply walking on ground that someone has paid money for is death. Is a piece of land worth more than a humans life? I don't think so and it seems neither does the narrator considering what he said in the rest of the verse. When the narrator says "to but up a fence and keep me out or to keep Mother Nature in," I feel that keep me out, refers to groups of certain people or a form of discrimination and to keep Mother Nature in, refers to trees, plants, and beautiful landscape that is guarded by a fence or a wall, separated from the rest of the world. It seems almost selfish, using a fence or a wall to keep other Americans from enjoying the earth's natural qualities.
In the last line, "If God was here he'd tell it to your face man you're some kind of sinner," I think the narrator criticizes the owner of the house of being crazy, discriminating, and selfish, so much that God who loves every human, would consider him to be a sinner.
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why do you think keep mother nature in refers to actual trees and beauty? It could possibly be a building that is beautiful or a landmark.......where do you think he really is standing outside of? If the sign says you'll be shot if your seen in sight do you think it is governmental? Or a private estate? If they'll be shot it must be something important!
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