The Sun Is Burning: Part 2

So here is part two of the other day's post, correctly titled this time since you know what the song is now.

Read the first three verses again.

The sun is burning in the sky
Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy bees
Are joining in the flowers, among the trees
And the sun burns in the sky

Now the sun is in the West
Little kids go home to take their rest
And the couples in the park
Are holdin' hands and waitin' for the dark
And the sun is in the West

Now the sun is sinking low
Children playin' know it's time to go
High above a spot appears
A little blossom blooms and then draws near
And the sun is sinking low


Now, without knowing what happens in the next part of the song it appears to be a nice, sappy song about everyone having a nice time. They're all going to get up in the morning and go back to school or work and then enjoy the afternoon sun again. So what does happen next? Warning this part isn't the nicest thing you will hear in a song.

Now the sun has come to Earth
Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
Death comes in a blinding flash
Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
And the sun has come to Earth

Now the sun has disappeared
All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
And the sun has disappeared


So to answer yesterday's question, the people were Japanese. And no, they didn't get up in the morning.

So what's my point with this section?
I suppose all I really want to say is that the framing or context of something that is said is possibly the most important part of what is said. When we take it out of context we read our own meaning into what ever it is. This is something that all people have to be careful of. I've complained about it many times when other people take my words out of context and misinterpret them.

Now in this case, you are forgiven. It was intended to be like that.

The other thing that I wanted to say was not that humanities ability to inflict cruelty on itself is one of our defining characteristics.

What I wanted to say was that it is amazing how we can change things so quickly. A simple line like "the sun is sinking low" is just that, a simple line that only gives a time frame. In the next verse however "now the sun has come to earth" does that and then almost pours on the irony - yes, life is going on.
It went from happy sappy music to everyone is dying in pain in the space of three words. The last verses wouldn't be out of place in a Death Metal song. This comes back to the last part where I said that fear comes from the unknown. In this case we reverse engineer again. We don't know the outcome and so we make it something that we don't fear. While it is a logical assumption that the song won't go in this direction, it is an assumption nonetheless.