| Machinae Supremacy – Pieces Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I feel like this is one of Machinae Supremacys somewhat political songs. "Fortunes are few and far between Yet so many still believe that one day that could be me" This, to me, describes how most people do not benefit from the current political system and capitalism, yet still support it because they think that inevitably they also will belong to the few who reap the benefits of an unjust system. "Misled by all these transplanted dreams by free market values and a just-world fallacy" "This is what they always do, and all it takes to quiet you is promise of a better view when you have paid your dues" This describes how people are always told that if they work hard and pull themselves up by the bootstraps, they will be succesful and live the life they have always been promised. In reality, as stated earlier "fortunes are few and far between". |
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| BoySetsFire – When Rhetoric Dies Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[sokorny:20910] I think this isn't only about politicians, but condemns the whole political left, including politicians. "We raise the flags and statues to our mission We've spoken out in slogans and campaigns Talked and talked on almost every issue Where oppression of the masses is the constant theme" This, to me, is about how those of us on the left discuss grand ideas, critique the status quo and speak out against global injustice. "But what does this mean to a little town in Iowa" However, those grand high level discussions mean fuck all to the person who just lost their job and cannot sustain a family anymore. Those people, who the left are supposed to champion are left behind because they still got screwed over by the "CEO planning his vacation". "Do we continue to talk Or do we take a hammer To their chains" I think this asks us to stop talking about grand ideas and start working to help those who get screwed each day by the system we condemn. I think it's especially fitting to todays times since they mentioned a little town in Iowa, which is made up largely by people the left claims to fight for, yet the problems persist. This isn't something specifically mentioned in the song, but I think the fact that Iowa voted for Trump is a result of the things boysetsfire mention in the song. The left, or in this case US Democrats are perceived as the "liberal elite" who proclaim grand things, but ignore the "little guy". Then you got somebody like Trump on the other side who positions himself as the candidate who will help out the little guy, will make jobs come back and stand up to the "elite keeping the little guy down". Obviously none of this has happened, will happen or was ever intended to happen, but the left has distanced themselves so much from these people that they only see a demagogue like Trump as somebody who will actually champion them. Sorry for the wall of text, but I find it fascinating, that a song from 2000 is so incisive in 2017. |
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| BoySetsFire – When Rhetoric Dies Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| Listened to "after the eulogy" again in mid 2017. This song is weirdly appropriate right now. | |
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