Transcendentalism In Earth Song

In the “Earth Song”, by Michael Jackson, he goes through the song talking about the social, environmental, and physical issues of the world. Michael explains how the world used to be then transits to how it is now. There are a myriad of ways that the “Earth Song”, follows the principles of transcendentalism.
To begin, Michael starts the song with how the Earth was before. For example, “what about sunrise?”, describes a piece of nature’s beauty that had once been clear. Michael continues the song and describes rain and fields. This could imply that nature’s beauty will be gone sooner than we expect it to. For example, “all the blood we’ve shed before”, symbolizes the wars we fought to keep our land in its natural state. Soon Michael progresses