| Project 86 – Breakdown In 3/4 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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When this song was written, P86 was dealing with being dropped from Atlantic records, I think it was. In any case they had just been dropped from a record company because they were viewed as one of the weaker band signed to the company. If you go through the whole song and look at it as being directed at the owners of the record company in a satirical way, it all makes perfect sense. From the beginning... "Sleep soundly in silence knowing that we will never return to what we once were. What was now is a distant memory. We took to heart everything that you said." P86 was changed by their run in with a big record company. Their sound changed drastically from DBL to TH. This is a double entendre. This whole album is different from DBL yet is different from TH as well. They are not really doing what the company said, yet they are in the fact that they changed. "Sleep softly knowing that we are through. The spotlight has turned it's favor from us and now it's upon you." This could be directed at a new band on record company, but it is still speaking to the owners. It is just showing how quickly the "spotlight" or favor of the owners can change. "This is the sound that drives you to deny. These are the words that remind you we're alive. This is the voice that haunts you in your sleep. Outdated. Forgotten. We're yesterday's obsolete." This says exactly what it sounds like. The record company is going to regret dropping P86 because their sound is amazing now. It's satire. They aren't really obsolete. They are just repeating what they were told when they got dropped, "You're no good." They're saying, "If we're so obsolete why do people still love our songs." The rest of the song goes along with the obsolete idea, so I won't go into that. This is just my opinion of the song, so if you don't agree, that's fine. Don't think that I'm trying to force this upon you. |
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