Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: funk
Song Meaning of “Myth of Progress” by Twelve Foot Ninja
This song paints a picture of a world that has become too industrialized, too mechanized, and too materialistic. There is a painting-by-numbers that everyone lives by, a pre-charted path that many blindly follow. The technological advancements that were celebrated in the past have become the shackles of the present. The song questions the meaning of accomplishment and whether a life of striving for bigger and better things, without seeking out one’s own source of joy, can truly bring satisfaction. The ‘myth of progress’ that has been sold to us is a false one when we don’t take the time to stop and find our ‘inner peace’. We are encouraged to look inwardly to rediscover the simpler things that truly make life worth living. The hypnotizing allure of striving for the unattainable has been forsaken in favor of simplicity and reflection.