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| Arcade Fire – Intervention Lyrics
| 4 months ago
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"Working for the church" is a phrase from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. In it, immigrant meatpacking workers called wage theft work, or unsavory and illegal assignments "working for the church", referring to the corrupt plant owner's hypocritical missionary work. Those characters' precarious circumstances aligns well with the story in this song. |
submissions
| Arcade Fire – Intervention Lyrics
| 4 months ago
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"Working for the church" is a phrase from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. In it, immigrant meatpacking workers called wage theft work, or unsavory and illegal assignments "working for the church", referring to the corrupt plant owner's hypocritical missionary work. Those characters' precarious circumstances aligns well with the story in this song. |
submissions
| The New Pornographers – The Bones of an Idol Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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FWIW, "kneel in the court of the king", "You hold up the cup / You've been searching for / Since you were young", and "We cling to the raft" could all be interpreted as referencing scenes from Indiana Jones. |
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| Coldplay – Violet Hill Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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FWIW, the "Banks as Cathedrals" line is probably/possibly an allusion/ripoff of a line from U2's 'Lemon'.
"People? People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis: You can't trust people!" - Super Hans
That is all. |
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