| The Knife – A Tooth For An Eye Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think it's more straightforward than that ridiculous essay by bgarrity03. To me the song contrasts what we in first world countries have with people like asylum seekers after the very basic things they need to survive like food and shelter. "On my doorstep, a screaming hand" - it's like asylum seekers who seek to cross borders by boat, in search of a brighter future, yet people, especially politicians ignore this. If you look at what's happening in Australia: "Rewrite history to suit our needs Open my country" Australian politicians like Tony Abbott ignoring the fact that the population is all immigrants, now embarking on the inhumane policy of 'turning back the boats' or bringing them to languish in offshore processing facilities indefinitely, with no hope of improving their personal situations. They flee bombs, death, rape, and torture, only to get treated like subhumans. "Border's lies the idea of what's mine A strange desire Drawing lines with a ruler, bring the fuel to the fire" Geographical borders ignoring the fact we are all humans sharing a planet. The only difference is where we were born. "A brick in a castle a camp for those on the run" A small part of our lodging is so much more to an asylum seeker in camps. "A tooth for an eye eyes eyes eyes tell me you" A recent medical advancement which grafts skin on to a damaged eye, then implants an actual tooth (google it) into the eye which they drill in, implant a lens and restore sight. i.e. In the lyric- trying to make people see things to which they have been blind to before. "Another kid needs to suck on my thumb" There are other people who need the comfort we, who are more privileged, can provide. |
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