What does the song skating away by Jethro Tull mean?

Meanwhile back in the year one. When you belonged to no one. You didn't stand a chance, son. If your pants were undone 'Cause you were bred, for humanity. And sold to society. One day you'll wake up, in the present day. A million generations removed from expectations. Of being who you really want to be. read more

I basically agree with this interpretation here. 'This song is about shallowness in society, about forgetting the basic things about life and getting lost in society. read more

A Jethro Tull song relevant today as was then, a warning prophesized for The Present time that caught up to us. At that time, like now bro, not to get caught with our pants down, careful not to get the load progressively ahead of ourselves. read more

My InterpretationI think this song is, as many Tull songs are, about casting away conventional thought and forced beliefs and then dealing with the pressures of being an individual with different views. read more