| Depeche Mode – Pipeline Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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@[JASGripen:45111] you're right to say 'greedy' and 'needy' is subjective. The issue is building a pipeline might temporarily involve needy workers, but generally speaking, the fruit of the pipeline (the resource that flows through it) benefits the greedy. Lands have been destroyed because of such pipelines. Whether this was as much of a talking point in 1983 as it is now is also an interesting thing to think about. I tried to find a history of pipeline disputes and the most I come up with is Standing Rock, which took place 33 years after this song was released. That said, I still think the pipeline, and whoever ordered its construction, is the antagonist in the song. |
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