| Thom Yorke – Analyse Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this song is pointing out the futility of "progress." The lyrics are actually wrong above. It doesn't say cows, but candles and not carts but blackouts. The people sleep like babies (no insomnia) only when forcibly deprived of the tools of "progress." Civilization supposedly marches forward, with mathematical precision (alegbra), yet having come so far in the last hundred years in terms of modern conveniences built around electricity, have we found ourselves any happier? It gets you down to think of how hard we work, just to find that we can never truly change "the one we're looking for," which is our satisfied selves. No matter what we do, we don't know how to find happiness. We only know how to pursue the accouterments that are supposed to offer happiness. But we play our part in the wheels of commerce, keeping the machine running. Thank God for blackouts. |
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| Coldplay – Don't Panic Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Since in the video the lyrics "everybody here's got somebody to lean on" are juxtaposed with a bunch of people rowing while stuck to a hidden piece of land, there is a suggestion of futility. Yes, we all have someone to share with us the illusion that all we are doing gets us somewhere. We're just all in the same row boat, going from ashes to ashes and dust to dust. But it is a beautiful ride if you don't think about trying to reach a destination. Just enjoy your time at sea. | |
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