Acceptance Speech

I see the song as kind of a dark and disturbing story: you have a main character realizing how messed up his society is (verse 1: "twisted agenda, align my spine!", "the common ancestor, the pressure of industry"). he realizes how the system is shallow and able to manipulated (verse 2: "relationships are a tool..."), then eventually descends into insanity (verse 3 to the part with the crazed laughter?). it appears to end with suicide (last clean vocals: "I'm the one with my hands around the gun. I am not afraid. So what I'll die alone? all right.") I find those last lines particularly disturbing and heartbreaking, as they sound completely comfortable. "I am not afraid. so what? alright." so that's how I see it. a person in a corrupt society, going insane, and ending with suicide. so yeah. now I feel like I need a hug. from a puppy.

p.s. I'm not sure what to make of the rap, but I don't think it was intended to make any sense in the song anyway.

I sat for about an hour analyzing this song. This is what I got. I realize that this explanation is very loosely connected and it is my own explanation. Not the people's who made it. There are three main parts to the song; 1:The first part conveys corruption in the world and themself in that corrupted world. 2: This is the part that doesnt have any lyrics, its just chaos. I think of it to represent insanity or the chaos of insanity. 3:This is the part with "Im the one with my hands around the gun" and So what ill die alone all right" and is about about suicide and the acceptance thereof. 4:The rap. It took me forever to figure out, but, the rap is about conformity. "I woke up in a new Bugatti" is part of a popular song. Earlier in the song a lot of things about human nature or natural things come up. "Common ancestor"/"Awkward offensive hold, pefectly natural" And evolution, which relates to "common ancestor" is all about conformity. And in nature, everything conforms to survive. Conform to the mainstream and you will forget about all the bad and survive, is assentially what I get from the rap part.

Now this s how it all fits together in my view. (Again this is just my view and it makes the most sense to me) Since part one is how the world is, and cannot change, part 2(insanity), 3(Suicide) and 4(Conformity) are all choices that someone provided with the information in part one can make. But only one can be picked. You cant go insane, commit suicide, then conform. at least in the songs order. And the title "Acceptance Speech" is a reference to that this must be accepted; that being yourself and the world, and choices 3 and 4 is what can happen when you accept it. If you dont accept it, you pick choice 2. I have about two page fulls of possible explanations of the individual song lyrics, and this is what I find fits best. If you have anything to add or something that is flawed with my interpretation, please add onto it or correct me.

Somewhere down the line, I get the feeling that the "acceptance speech" is actually an acceptance of suicide, Idk, it's just my take on it.

Im from sacramento, and i always find will swans verse at the end funny because we have a 10:00pm curfew for anyone under 18.

I agree with what doomy said. to me it feels like a recollection or reliving of past sins and just wanting to end it. dwelling on past mistakes can make us hate ourselves. this is why he needs an acceptance speech. to accept himself exactly the way he is.