| Wolf Parade – Call It a Ritual Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's a song about the tail wagging the dog. It's about going off to a war in the desert A war without reason, where the wheels of promised peace (the flower) turn slow. The windmill can represent industry, the american economy (Think George Orwell's using the same metaphor in animal farm) it is the collapsing of america at home while the soldiers go in to the desert for show. It is about a war that is only for show, like a thoughtless ritual and an entertainment, a distraction from bigger problems and failures at home (the windmill). The shape and stripping of the windmill also echos the shape of the spinning flower of peace. all the while we are amazed at how they go (off to war just for show) we are amazed at how they go (so quickly eaten alive by the desert) we are amazed at how they go (the decline of America) |
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