| Awolnation – Knights Of Shame Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This is just my interpretation mind you.. but here is my guess to what they meant the song to be: In the first part of the song it says, "Dance like the world is ending? This is who you are? The future is bright and alarming, Sit back and look for the warnings. Walking around with your head cut off. Their power is fear. One day we will wake the walking zombies. Til then we pray." - Seems as if they declare that most humans are not truly aware of what is around them. They are half asleep like me at 6am. They are not enlightened and don't know what they're missing out on. Part of their 'soul' is dead and they have no passion in life. Corrupt authority rules by fear and rules over the zombies. We hope they wake up from their yoke of fear and ignorance. Till then we pray. Next part, "King and his ghosts are laughing at me. These signs you can see. One day we will listen for the sirens. Skeletons.. guns.. armies.. inescapable.. vampires around me.. can't run.. or you'll be dead.. Beat the ghouls.. suckers will cease to exist.. cities and towns in ruin.. Lots of mention of TNT and perhaps the machinery of war and death... Dance like the world's over... Have a ball.. Step out of the matrix.. Get on my spaceship..." - This section the song might mean that some of them (the awakened) are recognized by some of the powerful zombies as having knowledge beyond the mundane and perhaps even threatened by them. It is because the non-zombies see the full horror and futility of human warfare and cruelty. This can change borders and power, but it will never change the manevolent part of human nature. It seems inevitable, so why not just dance like the world's over? By stepping out of the 'matrix' or the 'current illusion' that is perpetuated by media and culture.. one can come to the realization that 'it doesn't have to be this way. There is a different way.' Then it goes on with the "Uh, yeah it's all in your mind baby... Ride into the sunset" and the "Is anybody out there" section. - This seems to say that your reality is, quite literally, all in your mind. We have our senses and a lot of mental artistry that composes our imperfect version of reality. If reality is all in our heads, and we share our reality with others by our social nature.. we share our universe with others.. then why not try to make it a 'Better' reality and spread the message that a 'Better' reality can actually exist. The patterns of thought can eventually manifest in 'reality' through the better actions and words toward others perhaps? Then it seems to say.. Why not even try to make human existance something exceedingly good? We are capable. So is there anybody out there breathing that can understand and share this idea? In the section with "The queen's heart.. The knights of shame.. The people's voice.. No fun living for the fall.. one more chance for the truth.. without you I would die.. Can anyone hear me? Rob from the rich to blow down the door. It's been a long time, waiting on your call.. But I can." - I'm taking a chance on this interpretation too, but The Knights of Shame could mean everyone that is 'enlightened' but does not put much effort into helping others to realize that there is more to life than the mundane and lower natures of humanity. That there are still wonders, hope, small miriacles, large miriacles, love.. Plato would have called this ultimate goal as pursuing the 'The Form of the Good'. 'The people's voice' I think just means the collective unconcious of everyone and ulitmately.. actions and words that change the world. The queen's heart? Is it a good queen? Or perhaps an 'evil' queen (corrupt authority) that tells the Knights what to do and most of them obey the corrupt queen's orders futher enslaving them? I'm really not sure. Then the end of the song seems to say they 'rob' from the rich to wake people up from their Zombie nap. Perhaps use avenues of 'big money' to perpetuate a message that the 'big money' don't even understand perhaps? Stealthy mass marketing of the truth? Why not? |
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