The song begins with the words ‘Standing on the moon; I got no cobweb on my shoe…’ This line gives an impression of standing far away from the earth and watching it from another view.  Cobwebs commonly form in places of neglect and disuse. Having no cobwebs show that the writer has used the shoes to go places, probably telling other people of the importance of conserving the environment.  The message of preserving the environment and avoiding those things that lay the earth to waste is clear.

From here, one can see…’ Battle rage below…soldiers come and go.’  Standing there, one can see soldiers who represent war and destruction.  One can also hear ‘…cries of children and other songs of war; it’s like a mighty melody, that rings from the sky.’ Probably, the earth is so desolate that one can only want to stand far away and watch the planet from there. The land is almost bare, and there is hunger which makes the children cry.  There is no food because the crops cannot grow in the dry, scorched ground which has been worsened by the war. The song shows that when the environment is destroyed, hunger is inevitable and therefore people will be desolate. The writer observes the world as it is damaged, how he would want to be away from wars, hunger, and destruction but cannot leave because they have their loved ones still living here.