| Arcade Fire – Intervention Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I'm convinced this is about the war in Iraq and the recent pursuit of war for economic or religious motives. "Say it's money that we need As if there were only mouths to feed And knowing no matter what you say There's some debts you'll never pay" Basically saying that no matter what we think we are accomplishing in Iraq...no matter how much better off our leaders hypothesized this country would be as a result of the war...there are some debts we can never pay that overwhelm any benefit (none) that has accrued from the war...500,000 dead Iraqis, 3,600 dead Americans, and 2 million people who lost their homes in the country. And they admitted that they ultimately did it to keep down the price of oil. That's a debt we can never repay. |
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| Arcade Fire – Windowsill Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Best song I've ever heard. Exactly how I feel about this country, and this world. I don't want to live in the world my father's generation is creating. That's what it's all about. I don't want to live in the world they are creating everday-- by recklessly invading countries and sacrificing lives to only create a new generation of enemies whose ranks are ten times what they were five years ago. By polluting and causing global warming that I will have to live with (rising tide). By spending and piling on deficits that I will have to repay (my father's debt). By creating a culture of fear and religious fervor that will ultimately impinge on my freedom, leaving no refuge but consumer culture and withdrawal from rational public discourse. By taking away my privacy and civil liberties ("my name and address"). Ultimately by destroying the very soul of the country my ancestors have called their home for generations--America--a country I can barely stand to live in at the moment. The consequences of their reckless actions are lapping at all of our windowsills, at the people of New Orleans discovered in August 2005. |
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