Being Boiled

The lyrics condemn cruelty toward vulnerable children and living creatures, presenting it as something that should be stopped rather than excused. Their emotional movement is uneasy and accusatory: the repeated appeal to Buddha sounds like a call for compassion, while the images of killing make the speaker’s anger and distress increasingly stark.

“Sericulture” means raising silkworms for silk, so “stop your sericulture” appears to object to the process described as boiling small creatures alive. The “little people” may refer to silkworms, but the lyrics also connect their suffering to “little children,” widening the concern to helpless beings in general. “Blind revenge on a blameless victim” suggests punishment directed at someone who did not cause the harm, while the references to an orphan and a mother challenge excuses based on family status or authority.

The repeated “voice of Buddha” could represent a moral warning about compassion, but the song complicates that idea by suggesting the voice may also tell people to “carry on” slaughter. This may be bitter irony: a respected spiritual voice is invoked while cruelty continues. The lyrics do not fully explain who is being punished or how the different images relate, so their precise target remains open; their clearest message is resistance to needless suffering.