| Fugazi – Strangelight Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think the speaker is actually in his right mind... well still quite sane at least. I think he's giving an accurate picture, as best as he can, about the world he inhabits. I don't think he himself is descended into madness or at least not yet. And the song is probably about post-nuclear war. |
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| Fugazi – Strangelight Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The Argument has very strong anti-war sentiment.Safe to say this song isn't about climate change. The entire song is about a guy living in a post-apocalyptic world caused by nuclear war: "the sun's a strange light nothing grows right anymore scars on every stalk" "whose mouth should i use to talk?" "temperature whatever degrees create the bad thing " The effect of nuclear war throws plenty of dirt and radiation into the atmosphere distorting the sky and the image of the sun. Plants don't grow normally for obvious reason. Neither do people, people exposed to intense amounts of radiation may become deformed and as such could develop a second mouth. That line could have far more unfortunate, and morbid, implications though. Another effect of fallout is a distorted wind and heat patterns, changes, and fluctuations The last point is unclear to me. "it's hard to punch the clock on the site where production stopped i'm just a warehouse filled with junk" The world is pretty messed up, many sites are sure to be abandoned. The second line could mean many things. He could simply be saying that his continued existence is a waste. Or more complexly, he could be saying that his memories of the old world, his stored items in a sense, is a waste since it won't do him any good to have it since he can't change what has happened. "i lay my head in it a hundred plans to fortify beige concrete foes on for miles" Beige is a very pale brown... probably describing the color the buildings now have. And someone hopes to possibly rebuild cities. "(come on over get your shoes on put your feet on baby come on over)" Maybe a call to get others to work rebuilding the world. The somber and depressed tone of the outro doesn't go for a show of confidence but they must try. Just what I'm getting out of this song. |
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| Minor Threat – Straight Edge Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Minor Threat was not normal punk rock. They were hardcore punk rock. Hardcore punk is characteristically faster, angrier, louder, shorter, heavier and more distorted and often more politcal. Hardcore came as a reaction to trendy punk rock, and post-punk, and weed those sort of people out. Hardcore punk rockers are less predisposed to have "punk" fashion because they were more likely to be poor, or poorer, which directly results in their music being angrier and more politcal. Of course, that isn't to say these people weren't contradictory and extremely self-serving and self-righteous in some or many ways. |
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