| Rise Against – Chamber the Cartridge Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Blind to this impending fate We'll let the world carry our weight Its back breaks with every mile But we all live in denial We refuse to see what we are doing to the world. Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine First three lines here are obvious, straightforward. What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine. Have to agree with nyghtcrawler. What we do here affects people there, and vise versa. I also think it can mean that the world wasn’t solely meant for humans, but all life in nature. But Mother Culture seems to say otherwise doesn’t she? Anywhere you turn you She tells us that WE are the saviors of the planet, it is OUR planet. I couldn’t disagree with this statement any more than what I do now. |
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| Rise Against – The Good Left Undone Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I have to agree with Peemo, although the girlfriend idea is very plausible, even acceptable. The first passage sets it for me. In fields where nothing grew but weeds, I found a flower at my feet, Bending there in my direction, I wrapped a hand around its stem, I pulled until the roots gave in, Finding now what I've been missing, But I know… So I tell myself, I tell myself it's wrong. He finally realizes the power he has, the power to uproot and destroy. But he knows this is wrong, and tries to fix it, as Peemo has pointed out. I see it as Man-vs-World, coming to realize what we’ve done, and then trying to fix it, even though it won’t be the same ever again. There's a point we pass from which we can't return. I felt the cold rain of the coming storm. The point of no return where the life as we know it will crumble due to our own mistakes and actions. The cold hard truth is that we may very well have a “storm” coming. Just my thoughts. |
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| Rise Against – Drones Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think people are taking their song lyrics way too literally, although I think most people have the right idea about what the song is about. If you like Rise Against and their message, read a book called Ishmael because this heavily influences their work (and they say so in the booklet with their album). I happened to come across it in my Bio class, and was well worth the read. Anyways. This song refers to Mother Culture (pointed out in Ishmael, read it) and how it is going to ruin the world. I firmly believe this because of this: The drones will slave away, they’re working overtime, -we work so that we don't starve They serve a faceless queen, they never question why. -"they" is actually everyone, the faceless Queen being Mother Culture, and we don't question why things are like they are, going all the way to the basis of our culture and the way it works Disciples of a god, that neither lives nor breathes, -we listen to mother culture blindly because it’s all we know (I won’t go back!) - to simpler lives that is, that of the Leavers (Ishmael) But we have bills to pay, yeah we have mouths to feed! -the reason why we CAN'T go back now, mother culture prevents this (I won’t go back!) Too make a long story short - in today's world you work because if you don't you starve. But Mother culture tells us that if somebody is starving, send them food (such as places in Africa), yet this only makes the problem worse because they reproduce and require even more food in the future. How do we grow more food? We destroy the forests and make more room for agriculture. In effect, we’re destroying the world and all of nature simply so that we can have more people, simply to keep anyone from suffering. But in the end, if things continue as they are and our own technology can’t save us, then everyone will suffer. Again, I urge any devoted Rise Against listener to read Ishmael. You’ll see the connections in every song and hopefully become a little more aware, as this song calls for. |
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