| Cage the Elephant – Tiny Little Robots Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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this song is defiantly how people, not only in the US but around the world become pawns of the media and governments. We are brainwashed by the rhetoric of politicians and the media. Instead of coming up with our own opinions we rely on what others say to formulate our opinions and how we should conduct ourselves. The spoken part at the end that shorty added wrote epitomizes what, especially the american culture, has succumbed to. We rather base ourselves off of celebrities and leaders instead of thinking freely. "Crucify the thinkers." Don't be scared to have convictions that aren't the status quo |
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| Flobots – Handlebars Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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There are heavy anti-gov't hints in here, but I think they are saying the gov't has the power to make the right or wrong decision. "I can hand out a million vaccinations Or let'em all die from exasperation" They give the two options, and how easy it is to make either one happen. What defines a politician is whether they are going to choose to abuse their power or choose to help the people he/she has been elected to represent. I don't think this song is American in general, because the Chinese gov't has acted like this since Mao established the communist party. In the video there is a protest where the gov't starts to shoot the civilians...kinda reminds me of china, 1989 Tiananman Square, where the PLA killed 400-800 unarmed protesters. "Cause I can lead a nation with a microphone" I think they are saying that the jobs of the politicians can't be that hard if they can influence people through music. |
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