Losing Hope - Jack Johnson

I got a faulty parachute
I got a stranger's friend
An exciting change in
My butchers blend
A symbol on the ceiling
With the flick of a switch
My new found hero
In the enemy's ditching

Well somebody's something was left in the room
And man now that its gone well of course we assume
That somebody else needed something so bad
That they took everything that somebody had

Losing hope is easy
When your only friend is gone
And every time you look around
Well, it all, it all just seems to change

The mark was left
Man it's never the same
Next time that you shoot
Make sure that you aim
Open windows with passing cars
A brand new night
With the same old stars

Losing hope is easy
When your only friend is gone
And every time you look around
Well, it all, it all just seems to change

Feed the fool
A piece of the pie
Make a fool of his system
Make a fool of his mind
Give him bottles of lies
And maybe he'll find
His place in heaven
Cause he might just die

Losing hope is easy
When your only friend is gone
And every time you look around
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
But hanging on is easy
When you've got a friend to call
When nothings making sense at all


This song describes the downfall of Animal Farm. Initially the animals thought the idea of running their own farm would benefit them all, but as the story progressed we saw the down fall of their plans.

The lines "That somebody else needed something so bad/ That they took everything that somebody had" can describes what the pigs did to the other animals. They were so desperate for power and control that they began to take advantage of the other animals. They abused the animals by making them work too hard with no enough food.
"And every time you look around/Well, it all, it all just seems to change" represents the commandments and the ideology of Animal Farm. The commandments that had been made to protect the rights of the animals were changed to benefit the pigs until they were gone completely. The motto had been "Four legs good, two legs bad" from the beginning, but then the pigs began to walk on only their hind legs. To accommodate this, the motto was changed to "Four legs good, two legs better"
"Losing hope is easy/When your only friend is gone" also describes this aspect of the story. The animals were supposed to stick together and help each other but instead they ended up worse than when they had been controlled by the humans. The animals thought they could trust each other because they were all equal, all animals.