Worried about the world

Drowning Man takes a very negative look at Uncle Sam and America...
John: Actually, it was yelling at the British government. We felt that the British government had really given up any sense of independence. It was just like the 54th state of the United States. Especially with the Thatcher-Bush coalition. Thankfully for the Americans they changed leader.
Simon: And for us.
John: Yeah, well, unfortunately for the British they didn't.
Simon: What I mean is thankfully for the British that America has changed government, because we are very much linked to America, as you are here, almost like satellites are.
What worries you about the way the world is today?
Simon: The systematic, the deconstruction of a caring society really, more than anything. By that I mean the way people are forced into crime and acts of violence by the economic policies that are controlling their lives. The way that the poor people are being squeezed and being made poorer and poorer. And it means it's gonna be revolution sooner or later. I don't know that it's going to be within my time, but there will be a revolution, unless it's diffused.
John: I was worried more about a conversation I had with an air steward this morning who was telling me I shouldn't let my child run around in the sunshine between the hours of ten and two. I can't accept that that is reality, I just can't. Because where I come from, the idea of sun is such a good idea, it's such a life-giver. And if the world is being short-circuited to the point that it's not anymore, that it's a life-taker, then that's a disaster.
Do you feel you can express those views in your music and make other people take notice?
Simon: I think that we kind of stumble across naïve truths occasionally about ourselves that a lot of people can relate to. And I think our music is different enough, it's not standard rock music and people's ears prick up and then the messages start to get through. And it's a combination of the lyrics and the music, more than anything. Planet Earth, it was a tune that made people listen and then, what was it about? It said, am I the only one here? What is this? Is this planet earth? Who am I? Who are you? Why are you here?