Worlds Apart Lyrics
"What's the future of rock'n'roll?"
I say "I don't know does it matter?"
This and that scene,
They sound all the same to me
Neither much worse nor much better
We don't know who to hate or who to praise
Yet we consider this our suffering and pain
When we're so privileged, a fact
We all forget about as
We go whinging all over the place.
Wrath hath soured
Blood and death, we will pay back the debt
For this candy store of ours.
With their cars, and cribs, and rings and shit
Is that what being a celebrity means?
Look, boys and girls, here's BBC
See corpses, rapes, and amputees
What do you think now of the American dream?
Who raised us brats on these TV ads
I know that they sleep at night
Their conscience is intact
They've convinced themselves of that
Giving money to Jesus Fucking H Christ
Of the twin towers
Blood and death, we will pay back the debt
For this candy store of ours.
This is commentary on American Life and celebrity in america. Its also about september 11 and how america will pay for taking everything forgranted.
"How they laughed as we shoveled the ashes Of the twin towers Blood and death, we will pay back the debt For this candy store of ours."
"Look, boys and girls, here's BBC See corpses, rapes, and amputees What do you think now of the American dream?"
yeah...everybody in america complains about how much the us sucks...when actually its probly the most privaleged country.
still....fuck america. fuck bush. fuck 9.11. fuck all that shit.
its about fishing really - its deep but you'll find it.
hah.. fishing.
First explanation is dead on. I'm an American and over time I have allowed my blinders to come down and have come to the decision that our indulgence is the reason we and the world have so many problems. However, I think for other countries to take a snotty ass stance against Americans is lame because if their nations had the same power base and ability to do what we have done, they would do the same. Corrupt politics in democracies or republics are only products of the greedy, egocentric creatures that we are.
I think it's more about Western society as a whole, as well as America.
And also how we're becoming desensitised too all the bad things we see in the world "Look, boys and girls, here's BBC
See corpses, rapes, and amputees", this is stuff that is seen quite often over here
All in all about the whole world is fucked
The lyrics definately make this song very interesting. There's so many comments on various subjects from music to consumerism to politics.
"Blood and death, we will pay back the debt/For this candy store of ours," definately makes the statement that 911 was a result of the indulgent lifestyle Americans (and the western world) lives. On the other hand "Look, boys and girls, here's BBC/See corpses, rapes, and amputees" is particularly critical of specifically the media censorship in America.
"I know that they sleep at night/Their conscience is intact" would have to be an 'ignorance is bliss' comment, whilst "Jesus Fucking H Christ" would really have to be 'George W Bush'.
haha it's really to bad that people use Bush as a scapegoat for all their problems in life.
This song reminds me of an old fashioned Clash song - where Strummer would rail on everything from the music scene to politics to society all in one caustic and perfectly executed song. I always think of this song as a relic of old-style punk music. Anyway, it's great.
i love the lyrics to pieces. straight-forward yet clever. sadly, they're so right with this. we are privileged, we do live in a candy store, others have to suffer for it and we keep forgetting about it and worrying about the lifes of celebrities. i can listen to this song over and over agian, shouting at the top of my lungs.