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Black Dollar Bills Lyrics
I've seen broken people smile with light
You can't buy us with dollar bills,
You can't move the world with broken rules
No-one hopes for anything with nothing at all
(Orchestral)
What's become of me? I'm trying...
Hold me in the dying light
I feel something coming when we've all got nothing
We all hope for anything when there's nothing at all
(Orchestral)
You can't buy us with dollar bills,
You can't move the world with broken rules
(Orchestral)
Hold me in the dying light
I feel something coming when we've all got nothing
(Orchestral)
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Submitted by
boss_2k On May 21, 2004
More Hope of the States
Me Ves Y Sufres
The Red The White The Blue The Black
The Black Amnesias
Enemies/Friends
Goodhorsehymn
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This is one of my favorite songs on their album. If i was smart enough to completely figure out what this song means, i'd say it.
wow i can't believe only one other person has commented on this song. anyway i LOVE this song, the orchestra part is kind of eerie but i like it. i don't know what the song means either but i love the way it sounds.
I get the feeling its about how money can't buy you people. I'm sure I read in a magazine the meaning they intended though...
it is about the failure of politics and the lack of community among people to build a better world,"Hold me in the dying light I feel something coming when we've all got nothing".
and do i have to add that it is an absolutly beautiful, haunting song? the line "can't rule the world with your broken rules" defintly points to the futile hypocricy of political organizations.
This is one of the most astonishing pieces of music I've heard in quite some time. I think it's about failed politics. I don't know what Hope of the States were. The ambiguity of their political stance--be it liberal, conservative, anarchic, communist, fascist, whatever--adds to the darkness; it may be a commentary on Bush or Blair, or it could just be a hypothetical story.
Either way, the first verse recalls "You and Whose Army" by Radiohead; it sounds defeated but the message is extremely tough guy-ish: You're a ruler but you're not my ruler.
The last verse is actually kind of optimistic. Hope and dreams are failing but there is a new hope on the horizon ... very prophetic with regard to the United States.