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| VNV Nation – The Farthest Star Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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My personal interpretation, as a socialist, I find this song very inspirational. I see the striving for the farthest star as reaching out towards a future of human progress through social evolution - for me the red star symbolizing socialism. One that requires struggle and sacrifice today against both active violence and simple closed minds against people who espouse political ideas that are different from the mainstream. I find inspiration, solace and the fortitude to stand firm when I listen to this song. |
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| alt-J – Breezeblocks Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I think the video is pretty shocking but has little to do with the actual lyrics from a narrative perspective.
If we take the soggy clothes and breeze-blocks as a metaphor for those things in our lives which anchor us into a relationship it makes quite a bit of sense. Here we have an intense relationship which is disintegrating, but still has sparks of passion. However they manifest themselves as intense hostility.
The woman feels trapped and sees no way out. The man increasingly desperate and desperately in love, pleads continually for her not to go, even though they both know the relationship is not good and ultimately destructive for both of them. |
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