Revival

I think this song is mostly talking about humanity in general, and how we are all conditioned by society more than we know. The part "they made us with the tool" refers to sex, because it is where we all come from, and it's the nature part of us, and the "taught us how to live" part is about being brought up and taught, the nurture part of humanity. If you don't already know, the part about "salivating at the sound of the bells" is reference to the experiments done by the psychologist Pavlov, in which he conditioned dogs to associate food with the ringing of a bell, and eventually he could cause them to salivate simply by ringing a bell. Overall, this is a very scary song when you think of all of the ways that the society we live in twists us to believe.

More on my previous thoughts, I think they are likening humans to the dogs in the experiment, that we are easily conditioned just like that, only in more subtle ways. I haven't been able to decide what the candy man part means to me, I think it's either about a drug dealer or a traveling bible salesman (no offense to religious people out there, but religion is yet another way in which we are conditioned by society.) More on religion, I think the open part about "supreme in design..." is about how peoples' belief systems tend to try to place humanity in some sort of exalted position, like us being "in the Creator's image..", when really, people are just naked apes with a sense of humor. Sorry, am I being too long-winded? I congratulate anyone who's read this far, hahaha!

i must say that is very good thoughts!

i must say that is very good thoughts!

i must say that is very good thoughts!

i like the techno sound right before the song starts

whao ... i was listening to this song (like actualy listening not multitasking or gettin distracted with something else)

and when thay sang the corus im like ... wait that sounds like john from korn then i forgot to look into this but today i play shuffle on my itunes ... and it reminded me so i came here to see if it said anything and it did so i was like ... wow cool

whata boring story ...

this is more correct i think ...

so what's with your kind you scavenge to find what makes you supreme in design accuse you 'cause they had the fun so differently divine when my mind goes override it's so typical to capture anonymity i choose the crowd to divide

so you see i try i cannot ever displace you see i'm cheated at times from nowhere leaving this place

so you see me die i didnt run on your race you see i'm cheated at times from nowhere leaving this place

woo ooh ooh oh woo oh oh woo ooh ooh oh woo oh oh

they made us with a tool then they taught us how to live we met the candyman filled us with his contraband than they scared us all away

while you're visiting your bubble of reality salivating at the sound of the bells i'll be seducing you through your confession they've been the ones you've known forever

someone's been lied to with all the rage caught us dismal at times we've known forever

so you see i try i cannot ever displace you see i'm cheated at times from nowhere leaving this place

so you see me die i didnt run on your race you see i'm cheated at times from nowhere leaving this place

you've been denied of supervision just a test tube life away how could you make-believe that we've grown through circumcision when it's right here next to me

friendships change to time they'd never let us leave you took your time so too late missing what you've never had i'll be the only one that knows just how we've been abused

so you see i try i cannot ever displace you see i'm cheated at times from nowhere leaving this place

so you see me die i didnt run on your race you see i'm cheated at times from nowhere leaving this place

so you see i try i cannot ever displace you see i'm cheated at times from nowhere leaving this place

so you see me die i didnt run on your race you see i'm cheated at times from nowhere leaving this place

Building on what simiankolya said... I think the song describes humanity being conditioned by religion but even when we try to think outside the box, we end up just being controlled by our own progress. It starts off describing how people are made to believe that they are higher beings due to religion and there's a kind of conformity that must exist in order to force people to believe that. I think then that the candyman just represents scientific knowledge and truth in general. It's something that the church didn't want anyone to have. Eventually, the song seems to describe more and more people becoming disastisfied with religion being the center of their lives. As for the rest of the song, I'm really not sure, but I think it would seem to mean that now that people rely on science and technology more, it still comes at a price ("just a test tube life away" seems to describe a typical futuristic dystopic setting as a result of human progress). And at that point, you come to the dismal realization that your progress has actually failed you, just like how organized religion kept people in the dark ages. The chorus seems to suggest this, with "so you see I try, I cannot ever displace, you see I'm jaded at times from nowhere leaving this place" meaning that no matter how humanity tries to gain control and think like individuals, it will never work out. I don't know, that's just my opinion on the whole thing... I'm usually bad at analyzing symbolism.

I'm not sure, but one thing does stick out to me; he mentions circumcision in a negative light, then later says "missing what you've never had".