"Really don't mind if you sit this one out" (my words but a whisper, your deafness a shout). The essence of the song! The rest is history & examples. It is very personal & meant to bring awareness of ourselves & 4 that to happen the awareness must take place on a very personal level, on a one on one basis. The beginning is also the ending. That is 2 say the song comes full circle. Don't join in per se rather listen! Think, understand, that is the purpose of this song. See what we've done 2 ourselves, what we have allowed 2 happen to our culture. I.e.: we change the world by changing ourselves, which means a change in attitude (spirit), from which flow thoughts, our words & our actions (or lack of, as is necessary). Understanding is an action, which, when it takes place, the you is no longer the same. How else 2 change ourselves, how else 2 change the world. I no longer want to be Thick.