In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Eyes transfixed at flashing visuals
Looking without seeing
Subject for subliminal attacks
Subconscious registrations
Efficient manipulation methods
The embedded distorters
One step in the mass hypnosis
On a monumental scale
Vile embrace of the one who beholds
Robbed of thoughts and of feelings
Draining dry the very mind
All we know is what they show
Never seen the chains that binds
Lies enslave you!
Registrations that will burn our spirits hollow
Making sure the blind stays blind
We are slaves to the subliminal
No choice to accept or reject
Heading straight for the source
Perceived below normal awareness
Suck in the embedded additions
Eyes transfixed at flashing visually
Looking without seeing
Subject for subliminal attacks
Subconscious registrations
Vile embrace of the one who beholds
Robbed of thoughts and of feelings
Draining dry the very mind
All we know is what they show
Never seen the chains that binds
Lies enslave you
Registrations that will burn our spirits hollow
Making sure the blind stays blind
Drugged docile by the embeds
They enter below the threshold
Intricate manipulation technique
Promotes robotic behavior
Consume according to fabricated needs
Command the subconscious
Follow all the shallow standards
Programmed instinct response
Draining dry the very mind
All we know is what they show
Never seen the chains that binds
Registrations that will burn our spirits hollow
Making sure the blind stays blind
Enslave you
Looking without seeing
Subject for subliminal attacks
Subconscious registrations
Efficient manipulation methods
The embedded distorters
One step in the mass hypnosis
On a monumental scale
Vile embrace of the one who beholds
Robbed of thoughts and of feelings
Draining dry the very mind
All we know is what they show
Never seen the chains that binds
Lies enslave you!
Registrations that will burn our spirits hollow
Making sure the blind stays blind
We are slaves to the subliminal
No choice to accept or reject
Heading straight for the source
Perceived below normal awareness
Suck in the embedded additions
Eyes transfixed at flashing visually
Looking without seeing
Subject for subliminal attacks
Subconscious registrations
Vile embrace of the one who beholds
Robbed of thoughts and of feelings
Draining dry the very mind
All we know is what they show
Never seen the chains that binds
Lies enslave you
Registrations that will burn our spirits hollow
Making sure the blind stays blind
Drugged docile by the embeds
They enter below the threshold
Intricate manipulation technique
Promotes robotic behavior
Consume according to fabricated needs
Command the subconscious
Follow all the shallow standards
Programmed instinct response
Draining dry the very mind
All we know is what they show
Never seen the chains that binds
Registrations that will burn our spirits hollow
Making sure the blind stays blind
Enslave you
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This is a great song! It's a pretty self-explanatory one I think. Mainly about some higher power that has control over us..."draining dry the very the mind" and basically doing what they want us to do. Hence "Slaves to the Subliminal."
Just started listening to scar symmetry , this song is freakin catchy. Like minus zero said pretty obvious meaning but thing is what are we gonna DO ABOUT IT!!!
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Excellent song. One of my favourites. It appears to be about the way we live today, this song concentrates on the negative side of things nowadays...
This line, "All we know is what they show", suggests that we are living blindly, only seeing what "they" want us to see. Can we assume "they" means the government?
Gosh, the song title is amazing by itself. I love the lines: "One step in the mass hypnosis" "Making sure the blind stays blind" "All we know is what they show." It's so fucking true, though. Censorship will always exist. I'm going to reference Billy Joel now. "Honesty is such a lonely word."
In the Chuck Klosterman book, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Klosterman talks about how journalists write fabricated pieces because the people they interview will always lie, though claiming what they speak as fact. Journalists can't make up a story, but they can write pieces based on lies told to them by interviewees. Frustrating, isn't it?