I Saw the World

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"I Saw the World" is a darkly poetic anti-war song by the 1960s psychedelic folk-rock band Pearls Before Swine, known for its haunting lyrics and melancholic tone.

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I Saw the World canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Pearls Before Swine ⓘ
Tom Rapp ⓘ
composer Tom Rapp ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
genre anti-war song ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
psychedelic folk ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
folk instrumentation ⓘ
psychedelic effects ⓘ
hasQuality dark ⓘ
haunting ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
poetic ⓘ
hasSubject human suffering ⓘ
moral outrage at war ⓘ
violence of war ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricStyle poetic imagery ⓘ
surreal ⓘ
symbolic ⓘ
lyricTheme anti-war sentiment ⓘ
death ⓘ
innocence lost ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
war ⓘ
mood reflective ⓘ
somber ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
movement psychedelic folk movement ⓘ
musicalArtist Pearls Before Swine ⓘ
notableFor anti-war message ⓘ
haunting lyrics ⓘ
melancholic tone ⓘ
partOf Pearls Before Swine repertoire ⓘ
performer Pearls Before Swine ⓘ
subjectOf interpretive criticism ⓘ
vocalStyle intimate ⓘ
soft ⓘ
writer Tom Rapp ⓘ

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Pearls Before Swine → notableSong → I Saw the World ⓘ