| The Strokes – Ize of the World Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| You know, I went off on such a tangent there I forgot to mention the most important part..."Is your free time to free minds or for falling apart?" Its the other half of this song...what can I do to fix the problems that society has created? "How do you wake someone up from inside a dream?" And I like the falling apart part, because to me it means that if you focus your energies inward, and not outward to share what you know with other people, you will ultimately come up empty. | |
| The Strokes – Ize of the World Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I agree that this song is, generally speaking, a comment on modern society, but there's so much more here. Lyrically, this is by far the best Strokes album, and a lot of the themes that are carried through the entire album are well represented in Ize of the World, the most important of those being the ultimate question...what is the meaning of life? As human beings, we are the strangest kind of animal, one capable of incredibley complex reasoning. But we are animals none the less. Are we slaves to our instincts? Absolutely...the need to survive and procreate dominates almost every decision we make, intentionally or not. Unlike other animals, however, we can rise above these instincts, put others ahead of ourselves, and act out of compassion instead of need. So where does this leave us? In a very messy situation, one we are smart enough to build WMD's, but still stupid enough to think we actually need them. "Are we done?" Alright, we've created all this wonderful technology, this mega-conglomerate society. We can save lives and we can take them away. Now what? Are we capable of moving beyond our base animal instincts to realize our full potential? Or will we blow ourselves up first? I liked the sound of the last line before I read these lyrics, and now I LOVE the last line. Vapori-... ...no, thats not the government censoring him. |
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