| The National – Fake Empire Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"The song is a commentary on a generation lost to disillusion and apathy. Vocalist Matt Berringer explained to The Quietus that it is about "where you can't deal with the reality of what's really going on, so let's just pretend that the world's full of bluebirds and ice skating." This is what I read on the artist's intepretation on the song, but that's what's so great about music. You can interpret anything anyway you want, to whatever strikes a chord inside of you, and be right. For me this song was more about America as a whole and how we live through the motto "ignorance is bliss." So I guess my interpretation was similar to Berringer's; in the same book but not on the same page, so to speak. |
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