| Queens of the Stone Age – Turnin' On The Screw Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The song sets the tone for the rest of the album, which is full of Josh's observations on the state of the youth. Era Vulgaris is certainly the most insightful, if not outright political, Queens album to date. Josh seems to believe young people have conformity shoved down their throats from a young age ("got a question, please don't ask it") and how he uses the cliche of "square peg in a round hole" to represent himself as an outsider, someone who doesn't fit the prescribed norm. The song, like several others on the album, deals with apathy in young people. I love the second verse for this reason; it is a bitter condemnation of mental stagnation. He implies that those who never tried to follow their dreams act "like jilted lovers" but like a cheated lover, have only themselves to blame for their indifference. It's better to be a has-been than to never have actually accomplished anything; "I'm not good enough" is not a valid excuse for not trying. I gotta cut this off, but here's my interpretation of the title: a screw is a tool driven by something larger and more useful than itself. If you don't try to make yourself something, you are simply sitting on top of the screw as it turns and is driven into the static throes of apathy. The message is that you should be the drill and not the screw. |
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