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The plants and the factories are perfectly run
The workers and bosses are living as one
People are equal people are good
People are working as hard as they should be
It's food for my family and clothes for my kids
The class war is over and everyone wins
It's such a simple plan
To take it like a man
But I'm not sure I can
We fought for a decade corruption and greed
It gave me a purpose a reason to breathe
But now that it's over now that we've won
It's back to my bedroom alone with a shot gun
To think of my family no longer compels me
With all things in common they'll manage without me
The workers and bosses are living as one
People are equal people are good
People are working as hard as they should be
It's food for my family and clothes for my kids
The class war is over and everyone wins
It's such a simple plan
To take it like a man
But I'm not sure I can
We fought for a decade corruption and greed
It gave me a purpose a reason to breathe
But now that it's over now that we've won
It's back to my bedroom alone with a shot gun
To think of my family no longer compels me
With all things in common they'll manage without me
Lyrics submitted by sarahsavedlatin
A Simple Plan Lyrics as written by David Shannon Bazan
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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ok this song is NOT about socialism or whatever the crap. I mean... i think the system he's talking about is obviously socialistic... however that is NOT what the song is ABOUT. it's about a guy who's life was built around fixing problems: "i fought for a decade, corruption & greed, it gave me a purpose, a reason to breathe" solving problems is all he knows. he thinks it's all he's good for. he needs to be relied upon... he needs to be needed. and he think since the problems are fixed, and his family doesn't "need" him to rely upon anymore, that his life is meaningless and it doesn’t matter if he lives. he thinks if he isn’t being useful that life isn’t worth anything. “it's such a simple plan, to take it like a man but i'm not sure i can, i have a simpler plan” ...he can’t deal with not being needed... so he's gonna take his life.
the song is about socialism
Beautiful song.
Fantastic song off the new Pedro album, obviously this song is about Socialism, more specifically Stalin forcing the peasants into collectives to produce food for the workers of the factories in an attempt to industrialize Russia.
However, this song also brings in the themes of feelings of inadaquecy that run throughout Achilles Heel, and how the speaker in question can no longer draw comfort off his family, after all his fighting (either be it from the class war, or maybe an alternate message of fighting to get a family in the first place), so, with no alternative, his simpler plan is, obviously, to kill himself.
Fantastic song off the new Pedro album, obviously this song is about Socialism, more specifically Stalin forcing the peasants into collectives to produce food for the workers of the factories in an attempt to industrialize Russia.
However, this song also brings in the themes of feelings of inadaquecy that run throughout Achilles Heel, and how the speaker in question can no longer draw comfort off his family, after all his fighting (either be it from the class war, or maybe an alternate message of fighting to get a family in the first place), so, with no alternative, his simpler plan is, obviously, to kill himself.
Fantastic song off the new Pedro album, obviously this song is about Socialism, more specifically Stalin forcing the peasants into collectives to produce food for the workers of the factories in an attempt to industrialize Russia.
However, this song also brings in the themes of feelings of inadaquecy that run throughout Achilles Heel, and how the speaker in question can no longer draw comfort off his family, after all his fighting (either be it from the class war, or maybe an alternate message of fighting to get a family in the first place), so, with no alternative, his simpler plan is, obviously, to kill himself.
wow i thought more people had commented, but one person just commented 3 times.
I do NOT believe this song is about socialism or Stalin or russia in any way. this song is about blue collar workers that work daily to earn a paycheck to feed their families, but feel trapped. the simple plan is just to go along with this, to earn your paycheck, feed your family and be a good worker. But thinking of his family no longer makes him want to stay in this grind. The simpler plan is suicide.
i agree with jefe
Jefe's analysis doesn't deal with the "now that it's over, now that we've won" line.
To analyze this song you have to look at the other songs on the album they all form a story and it doesnt have to do with socialism.