| Clutch – Bottoms Up, Socrates Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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There has to be more to it than just the trial of Socrates. "In the spirit of the Spanish Inquisition" is from the point of view that the Spanish inquisition is in the past... where the Spanish Inquisition itself is more than 1800 years after Socrates... Thinking this is strictly about Socrates is taking a few lines out of context. Parts to the gestalt. "No use for the poet When the hopeless seek no bliss" imply a shunning of the artistic achievements of man and favor a more spartan existence. Seems to me that this is more of a general warning using contemporary and historical references as examples. (Contemporary Reference being "X-ray visions, eye in the sky," as in artificial Satellites as well as "Petroleum") The warning would be of blindly following leaders and movements without thinking for oneself. ("Mechanical monkeys make good musicians") no reason to believe it is strictly about Christianity either. Regardless, I would love to get an understanding as to the impetus for the song. |
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