| Matthew Good – Can't Get Shot in the Back if You Don't Run Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I can't believe no one has commented on this song. We are one with each other. Across the oceans, continents and mountains we are all linked by our humanity. Yet, we do not show each other. Instead, we drop bombs, war with each other and commit genocides. The world does not show love or trust, instead it shows pain and suffering. |
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| Matthew Good – Weapon Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song obviously has many different meanings. I definitely agree with the weapon interpretation. However I think there's more than just that. I think that Matt doesn't just mean we can be a weapon. You can see it especially in lines such as "Here by my side a new colour to paint the world"or "here by my side an angel". We can be anything we want to be. We have the power to change things. We have the power to make a difference. We have the power to paint the world a new colour. Matt is a very outspoken activist and I think he isn't just talking about our potential to be weapons but also about our potential to make a difference and change the world. Also, I think the lines "never turn your back on it" and "Be careful, be careful" are in reference to the danger of NOT doing anything. If you turn your back on the world then human rights violations will simply keep occurring and if we're not careful then, eventually, we will lose everything. I think that we are not the true "weapon". Instead, it is our indifference to the suffering of others that is the true weapon "You breathe in and you breathe out For it ain't so weird How it makes you a weapon" Here I believe Matt is saying that if you sit idly by, simply breathing in and breathing out you become a weapon not by doing something bad, but by doing something much, much worse; you become a weapon by doing nothing. |
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| Matthew Good – Avalanche Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think what he means is that both your heart and your mind make up who you are. Neither is a doorway into out humanity. Instead, both make up important parts of who we are and who we should be. Without both, without our ability to think rationally and feel compassion we are nothing but animals. It's our ability to do both, to live through intelligence and compassion that is the true definition of humanity. | |
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