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open up your mind and let some thought inside open up your mind as they all survey 4 out of 5 and they all survey 4 out of 5 and they all survey open up your mind and let some thought inside open up your mind as they all survey and in this time of free thought it'd be a shame to let it rot open up your mind as they all survey when you're all alone you'll never wanna know open up your mind as they all survey 4 out of 5 and they all survey you gotta let some thought inside as they all survey caught between the parallels of life and death and compromises fill the hours with new vices voices screaming time is numb single file come and follow choosing futures from brochures changing channels no opinion losing track which way is up use your head for what it's there for though not one in the same receptive minds co-operate do not dissect the human race make one united higher plain and in this time of free thought it'd be a shame to let it rot open up your mind and let some thought inside use your head, for what it's there for
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To me, this song means that the majority of the population only follow a mainstream path and change is the death of a person's dependence to the big people who run the world and are afraid of failure...
It's about foregoing the mainstream and making a valid attempt at the "worldwide conciousness". That is the ultimate human goal, after all.
This song is clearly a reference to George Orwell's 1984, in which the citizens of the totalitarian government wheren't even allowed to have a single thought that wasn't censored. This relates where he states "in this time of free thought it'd be a shame to let it rot open up your mind and let some thought inside use your head, for what it's there for." Basically, he is saying that it's a shame that people don't use their minds in a free society like ours because if they were forced to live in a society where thought was not allowed, they'd be struggling against such a restriction.
Its more like mass censorship. Nobody can do anything because they're being monitored, watched, evaluated for something greater. He's sick of choosing either one or the other, having no variety in life, wanting to escape the constant surveys and statistics, to go into deeper thought without being persecuted as a traitor to his people. He's caught between masses of both sides, and wants to be the mediator, telling people to open their eyes to the drone commands, and think for themselves.
I see it as about not conforming to what is the "standard" life style and way of thinking which we learn by dissecting how the people before us thought. Its about thinking for yourself and not letting others think for you and tell you how to think. And about being your own person.
I agree about how this song is about not doing what is "mainstream". Cool fact about this song...play the "they all survey" part in the beginning backwards and it sounds like "never smile".