This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
heard a song and i counted out loud the two-steps, the goose-steps back. back from square one, from where we'd just begun, and then it rang a bell-but is this kristallnacht or what the fuck is your plan? would you care to expand? and i don't deny the choice, but I defy you as the voice of anything i've stood for in these past 9 years, i've conquered the nurturing and found that anything worth conquering is powered, built and backed by fear, not by fact. and having said that... meat is still murder. dairy is still rape. and i'm still as stupid as anyone, but i know my mistakes. i have recognized one form of oppression, now i recognize the rest. and life's too short to make another's shorter.
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a fantastic fuck you to Earth Crisis, with the riff and layout of Nailing Descartes to the Wall. intelligent, hilarious, hard, and fast. "but is this kristallnacht or what the fuck is your plan?"
this is awesome.
good way of putting it deep and down.
I don't catch the Earth Crisis reference. What's the story?
Why do people think he ditched these lyrics? I'm guessing he liked the ending and wanted something that went along with the theme instead of just saying "and having said that..." and then just go on to sing about a different topic (yeah I know it's RELATED, but...)
Dear m.k.,
Firestorm is an Earth Crisis song.
AllFallDown, thanks! I just checked out the Earth Crisis lyrics, and holy shit this whole song comes into focus. Fucking awesome.
isnt it great that you have to follow shitty bands who manage to do nothing outside the spectrum of rock music just to get the point of another song? its also great it took 5 years for them to respond to the Earth Crisis song. with that kind of dialog we might actually get to some non-punk issues before fossil fuel/civilization collapses.
ha! ain't it so.
Dear black lung fever, when you quit trying to make any rational sense out of the song "ruby soho." Next, you can start an essay for me on NOFXs "punk rock ethics and morale" Then when you're all done with that you should try reading propagandhi's lyrics.
Dear "Drewsus Christ"...I don't even know where to begin. 1) Your post made no sense. It hovered between a stream of consciousness ramble and an eighth grade internet rant.
2) You successfully avoided responding to a musing by erroneously construing a critique into some kind of diss and then went so far as to try your hand at a couple disses yourself. 3) You fail. Crack your head on the concrete and open up your mind.
Earth Crisis sucks.