| Million Dead – The Rise And Fall Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Interesting first interpretation, though considering Frank Turner isn't an American himself, I don't think it's quite right. I think the song is indeed about how the Roman Empire grew and grew and then collapsed and was overthrown. In this time, the whole of Western Europe, Britain in particular, was plunged into the Dark Ages, losing all that the Romans had done for society. Meanwhile in the East, Asia and Arabia, technology and civilisation was thriving: light, public health, and medicine in particular was years ahead of the rest of the known world. The point with "0" is correct that India and Arabia dicovered the number that now upholds all technology (e.g. binary on computers) Indeed the song itself builds up and up, become more and more strained until the collapse between the sections, and then the complete breakdown for the last 11 minutes of the song. A key point with the last line of the song ("Thus immersed in barbarous longing") is that it is repeated over and over until the song breaks down into noise. I think this refers to how the West "immersed" itself in its barbarian ways, yet still wanted back the control that the Romans (or now the East) held. There is so much in this song that you don't pick up until you think about it. For instance, about half of this analysis was realised as I wrote it. Brilliant song. Turner is an incredible lyricist. |
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| Million Dead – Come On Sharon Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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A friend of mine insisted that this song was dismissing the Holocaust and saying that Jerusalem should belong to Palestine. However, on studying it myself, I believe he is totally wrong. I think hat Frank is trying to say is that the Jews are in the right in that Jerusalem is rightfully theirs, but that their leader Ariel Sharon is being a total fool in his running of the country. So I think it is a poke a Sharon himself, and not the Jewish race as a whole. |
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