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We are the romans
They are the slaves
Pick up some heroes
And give 'em the crowns
Celebrate lifestyle supremacy
And forget about the lives they've taken away
September turns red as our eyes become blind
They are the slaves
Pick up some heroes
And give 'em the crowns
Celebrate lifestyle supremacy
And forget about the lives they've taken away
September turns red as our eyes become blind
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I have always thought of this song as an indictment of myopic scene politics, the Romans and the slaves perhaps standing for those 'in-the-know' (the upperclass of the scene, whose politics are supposed to be made self-evident by their status--as 'Romans') and the much maligned new-commer (or noob, who has no status or is defined by a lack of status--is a subject of the 'Romans'). There is also, I think, an argument that scene politics re-create the class (and perhaps sexual) politics of Late-stage capitalism ('lifestyle supremacy' seems to call upon the tropes of advert driven consumer capitalism); the self-evident image of superiority afford the 'Roman' classes, the rest defined by solely by their lack. In a sense, it microcosm upon microcosm--and not a little pessimistic. But this is a song that is ultimately self-critical, the narrator implicates himself as well as the nameless 'Romans', suggesting that only through a sort of collective action/recognition can things change--rather than a lament, this is a call to arms.