| Rise Against – Elective Amnesia Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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So, here's my take, if you are interested: Our humble narrator opens with a problem: people have become soft, weak, and mentally unsound. "We don't sleep very much...paper thin, overweight...Where's the strength we relied on?" He proceeds to blame this on our television culture: "Glowing screens simulate, Ads that no longer take place...Each day we are torn between life and convenience..." He suggests a solution: rebellion against the status quo, going off the grid, etc: "Let's just start over, let's erase what they've made!" "First a spark, then a flame, now a fire, we explode!" "Disconnect, cut the cord, lights are off, now they'll know; that everything has a price" And in the last verse, he delivers us an admonition of what will happen if this sedentary lifestyle is maintained: "It could be minutes away, it could be hours or days, before the bottom falls out, before the ground gives way." ...at least, that's what I took away from it. |
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| Rise Against – Elective Amnesia Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Elective Amnesia" isn't really a commonly used phrase. "Amnesia" is a mental disease where a person forgets most or all of the details of their lives, including close friends, family, and sometimes even personal identity. "Elective" is a term that is usually used in medicine, for something you do voluntarily, because you want to, not because you need to. So "Elective Amnesia" would be intentionally purging your mind of your memories, identity, and so on. |
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