| Propagandhi – Cut Into The Earth Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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My interpretation is probably wrong but I always thought this song was about an attempt to escape societal pressures and expectations to start something for yourself. "This city forged of scraps. Stand on the dead. On feces and sweat." I took this to mean America which was built on the sweat and blood of African slaves. And now you see a chance to escape and forge a meaningful life for yourself. So it takes great dedication, pain, anguish to get to a point where you can build something for yourself without subjugating others to do your will. But as you arrive at this point, there is authority and organized government directing you back into your line. And those who are in charge have forgotten what it's like to want to build something for yourself. So even if you think you've found a way out, you are just following a path that they've already cut and planned for you and you arrive right where they want you. |
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| Propagandhi – Back To The Motor League Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I think you're pretty much right on with everything except the straw man line being about burning man. I think it is much more general than that. A straw-man is a common fallacy, and a rhetorical device used in argumentation. You basically create a flimsy stance for your opponent that they don't actually hold and can be easily argued against, then you argue against the stance you created for your opponent instead of having to address their actual arguments. So "the straw-man you build up to burn" in my opinion is referring to the 'enemies within the establishment of power' in punk songs who we should all be fighting to destroy, when really the bands and fans themselves are the ones upholding and participating as members of the establishment. | |
| Propagandhi – Last Will & Testament Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| It means most people talk about how the world should be, the things we need to do to change it to make it right "preach what ought to be" yet we do so little in our lives to actually make those changes. We are all guilty of this and I feel it is a deeply personal and reflective song as well. Propagandhi does a lot of introspective speaking and a far amount of preaching in their songs about how people should live to make the world not such a shit-hole. And so many of us, not just punks but everyone will agree with you on how the world can be better, yet we do nothing about it, in fact many of us work to uphold the powers that be and keep the current structure intact. "Ensure it never is in the present tense." We agree the world ought to be a certain way, but work to ensure that dream never becomes a reality. Not just me, you, but Propagandhi, and everyone is guilty of this. | |
| Propagandhi – A Speculative Fiction Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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That line is in reference to Charlton Heston, President of the NRA and an older actor. A few days after the Columbine high-school shootings in Colorado, there was a large public outcry about gun control, as people were concerned about gun control laws since these kids were able to stockpile arms and do some serious harm. Several days after the shooting, the NRA decided to hold a special convention in Colorado and Charlton Heston stood up in front of the crowd and held a rifle in the air proclaiming "you can pry them from my cold dead hands". |
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| Tool – Rosetta Stoned Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Really guys? As TOOL fans you're going to simplify one of their songs by saying it's about "this" or it's about "that"? If you really listen to the messages in this song and read through the complexity of the lyrics and how it all flows without picking out bits and pieces of lyrics, you'd see that someone could write a 100 page paper about all the elements in Rosetta Stoned alone. I mean, have you actually listened and - I mean really listened - to TOOL? The L. Ron Hubbard thing is just a minor gem, so are the drug references, and the doctor, the ET alien thing. These and almost every line in this song culminate to a single instance which they call Rosetta Stoned. Any decent musician or writer knows you don't draw off one perspective to write a story, so why do you belittle TOOL by claiming you "get it." Trust me you don't, I don't, even Maynard probably doesn't "get it". Just let it happen and admire what you can. | |
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