| Bad Religion – Sowing the Seeds of Utopia Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Totally self-explanatory, as stated before, but I would like to add that I don't think the focus is on how politicians are so terribly corrupt. Rather, as the end lyrics suggest, it's really a song of regret... scorn for what they've become, certainly, but also hinting at the sad transformation so many politicians seem to go through, starting off well-meaning and idealistic but somewhere along the road abandoning the values that led to the original inception of their "Utopia," possibly without even realizing it. "You FORGOT how to care... how to provide... how to work toward a meaningful life." |
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| Bad Religion – Slumber Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Personally, I see something I little different with this song. It's definitely not sincere... "Your life is historically meaningful, And spans a significant time." That's a complete and blatant lie, and certainly not something BR would ever say sincerely. However, it's more than just "being sarcastic." I think BR is attacking popular quasi-epicurean attitudes toward life, the idea that we can just ignore the world's problems and fool ourselves out of our insecurities. The idea that it's better to "laugh than cry," that life is short and we ought to just live it up and enjoy ourselves. Consider the chorus: "Slumber will come soon, And you are helping put it to sleep. <---particularly this line Side by side we do our share, Faithfully assuring that, Slumber will come soon." Slumber... BR is criticizing us, saying that in taking our carefree, self-affirmed attitudes toward life we are falling asleep to the reality around us, deadening ourselves even before we reach our quick literal deaths. ...Those are my thoughts on it, anyway. He's not out there to make fun of people, he's trying to get them to snap out of their rose-colored bubbles (and though the lyrics don't directly go here, perhaps their self-centered pity, as well). |
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