| A Perfect Circle – TalkTalk Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[DJAelbione:40133] I imagine this is Maynard\'s take on the response of "let them eat cake" by a French princess when told the plebs had run out of bread. | |
| Dead Letter Circus – This Is The Warning Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is the spoken word section from the start of the song: Now what we have to understand is that this comes from an extremely clever and skillful program, that has manipulated us into ways of thinking that may be contrary to our own interests, but beneficial to the interests of the powers that be... beneficial to the interests of those who control our lives, and tax us until we have hardly a penny left to spend, take our money, and plough it into the creation of huge, armed bureaucracies, which exist to oppress us. We live in a society today where we may not make decisions, to explore our own consciousness. If I am not sovereign over my own consciousness, then I am sovereign over nothing. Couldn't track down who originally said all that, but to me it seems a pretty clear attack on the rampant leftism that is threatening to take over our society and hinder our progress as a race into the future. The song sends a message to stand up for what you believe in as an individual and do what is right for you, not what is right for society as a whole, or more to the point, what is deemed to be "right" for society as a whole, by "society as a whole", which in essence means the "powers that be". |
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| Karnivool – Change (Part 2) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think it's one great big cynical look at Kevin Rudd's apology. "Hello hollow halo" The apology itself meant nothing, it is an act that in itself means nothing, the only thing that matters really is how we as a people and as a nation move forward. "What a way to lay this burden down What a way to see this sorrow What a way to see no tragedy And all this leads to nothing" But maybe none of that matters at all, because as one of the world's great economists once said, in the long run we are all dead anyway. "Question who we are and then we die I guess I'll see you when it ends I'll see you round the bend My sober sorry friend" But I could all be wrong, which means pretty much that we would all be wrong! If it wasn't for the didgeridoo we would most likely have come to very different conclusions, however it may very well be part of the song for this very reason. I think that like Tool, Karnivool doesn't chuck things into its music just for the sake of it. In any case, one of the great songs on one of the great albums in Australian music history, but one that will most likely never be recognised as such because its lack of commercial appeal, and resultant lack of commercial success. Anyway I just voted for it in Triple J's Hottest 100! |
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