| The Dillinger Escape Plan – Unretrofied Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I am pretty sure it is about conformity and is a very sarcastic song. This explains why this song sounds much more mainstream since the lyrics have to deal with conformity. -and is the man half machine or is the machine half man - I think the machine part has more to do with us doing what we are told without question instead of being apathetic towards everything. Major record comanies basically tell their clients how to make songs and what they should sound like and this is just a sarcastic statement as if they were one of those bands. I don't think it has anything to do with them going mainstream or a personal event, just that they are mocking bands that do chose to live their lives as slaves (machines) to record companies. I also see this as a shot towards our society. As previously mentioned before, most people are slaves to fads and cliques (even the "rebels" are still conforming to their supposed non-conformity style) and as a result we act like machines since we can't think for ourselves. We are being told what is "cool" by men we don't see for their profit (calloused intentions it seems, coward's invention at best), and we are unable to think for ourselves (I can't walk). I didn't hit every line but I think this pretty much summed up the song. I just got done ranting about how much American education produces slaves so that might have influenced my thinkiing but eh. |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Roboturner Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think your second choice is a lot closer Jaden. I think another reason is that every mainstream bands sounds exactly like eachother and are doing the same exact style, making them robots. Also, how voices have been changed so much so a good looking person that sings like crap can be made tolerable. |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Selkies: The Endless Obsession Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This line really pops out at me. QUOTE:No judgement towards one another, no social status to compare On TV shows, especially reality TV, they never shows the differents between two different cultures and class. No tolerance is taught to children and teens as they assume everyone is on the same page, which is about as far from reality as possible. Great lyrics, great song, great band. |
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