| A Perfect Circle – Hourglass Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[bobdole4565:26877] I think you're onto something! | |
| A Perfect Circle – Hourglass Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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SUMMARY I thought this was a filler weird song with the lyrics sung in such a strange way at places. Came and looked at the lyrics and had a listen and then it seemed to click. I think in a nutshell this song is about the importance of keeping balance between instant gratification (animal instinct) and both personal and social responsibility (the higher self). I think it also points to the importance of us all moving more into the responsible role as a matter of urgency WHY? Due to technology the world is changing so drastically and rapidly. We can be more aware about some things (higher self) and at other times we are utterly distracted by short term, meaningless (animal instinct) With the increasingly interconnected nature of the modern world, any catastrophe is increasingly more likely to effect everyone - so the stakes are high CHORUS [Plutocrat?] breaks down too [Democrat] breaks down too [Oligarch] breaks down too [Republicrat] breaks down too [Aristocrat] breaks down too [Cenocrat] breaks down to [Oligarch] breaks down to [Republicrat] breaks down to No hope left in the hourglass [label in robotic voice] (human voice) It's interesting each individual [label] of the different kind of 'elite' is said with a robotic voice, followed by "breaks down too" in a human voice. My interpretation is that this is contrasting the machine-like and insensitive actions of some among the 'elites' with the resulting human effects of their actions COUNTING He counts down at the end and sometimes resets the count back to 10. I think this is due a swinging back towards responsible action in our day to day (humans tend to oscillate between base desires and higher responsibility). Time resets due to our collective and individual daily activities have stabilized situations. It ends on a count down 5 - 4- 3 and then goes quiet.... as if to say 'to be decided' The message I would take from this song is to start paying attention and taking some responsibility for what's going on around you .....or I could be talking nonsense!? |
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