This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Yeah ya tryin' ta tire me, tire me
I can see you in front of me, front of me
Ya tryin' ta tire me, tire me
Why don't you get from in front of me
She's got everyone's eyes
In every home there's a sickening
Distress
Of rolm that film she's a precious, a precious
One
But we're all gonna ..... nah we're already
Dead !
We're already dead !
And those colorful words for tha loas frontiersman
Who passed away with the truth
Amidst tha eulogues of bliss
Who will know now what I know about you
Now that history's a flowery cancerous mess
..... A mess
Nah let's see it broken, bloody and undressed !
We're already dead !
I wanna be Jackie Onassis
I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses
I wanna be Jackie O
Oh, oh, oh please don't die
We're already dead
I can see you in front of me, front of me
Ya tryin' ta tire me, tire me
Why don't you get from in front of me
She's got everyone's eyes
In every home there's a sickening
Distress
Of rolm that film she's a precious, a precious
One
But we're all gonna ..... nah we're already
Dead !
We're already dead !
And those colorful words for tha loas frontiersman
Who passed away with the truth
Amidst tha eulogues of bliss
Who will know now what I know about you
Now that history's a flowery cancerous mess
..... A mess
Nah let's see it broken, bloody and undressed !
We're already dead !
I wanna be Jackie Onassis
I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses
I wanna be Jackie O
Oh, oh, oh please don't die
We're already dead
Lyrics submitted by piesupreme
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"Yeah ya tryin' ta tire me, tire me I can see you in front of me, front of me Ya tryin' ta tire me, tire me Why don't you get from in front of me"
Tire me, I think, means you're trying to seduce me, your beauty and prestige is so incredible that I feel worthless and pointless as a human being compared to Jackie Onassis that I'm completely worn down, tired.
"I can see you in front of me, front of me" I think he's talking about seeing Jackie constantly on the television (and maybe even through other mediums like newspapers, magazines etc.) . All the time she's in front of everyones eyes.
"Why don't you get from in front of me" This is the frustration someone has from being bombarded and manipulated like this. Get away from my eyes, I'm sick of seeing your astounding beauty and superiorority. You're making me feel bad about my own inferiorority.
"She's got everyone's eyes In every home there's a sickening Distress Of rolm that film she's a precious, a precious One But we're all gonna ..... nah we're already Dead !"
"She's got everyones eyes" I think Zack means everyone that is infatuated with this talentless celebrity thinks they look like her - "I think I have Jackie Onassis' eyes". People are heaping attention on the women, loving her, trying to be her etc.
"Of rolm that film she's a precious, a precious One But we're all gonna ..... nah we're already Dead !"
A Summary of this section would go like this: On the television she's so precious and devine but realistically we don't know why. "But we're all gonna..." But we are all gonna be like her, If we keep watching and falling in love with her we can be as she IS.
"nah, we're already Dead !" "We're already dead" refers to the way that if people think like this, act out these artificial impulses and find interest in public personalities that they can't think rationally about e.g."What's so much better about her than me, we're all humans" then we are as good as dead, we are no longer thinking for ourselves or about anything.
"Now that history's a flowery cancerous mess ..... A mess Nah let's see it broken, bloody and undressed !"
History has been distorted for centuries by those who have conquered and destroyed, written from their perspective. It has been sent through filters so that it would come out looking victorious, progressive and wonderful whereas all it is is one horrific story after another of rape, pillage, massacre, murder, domination, destruction. We're not told about the negative impacts of history and most of the worst atrocities as it doesn't serve our leaders purposes in continuing to destroy it. But the point here is Zack wants to see it in its most honest form, the bloody mess that it is. It won't be nice but we have to look for our own sake of knowing what our world is like so as to initiate change.
"I wanna be Jackie Onassis I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses I wanna be Jackie O Oh, oh, oh please don't die"
Here Zack is effectively saying that the public is so infatuated with this huge personality of sorts that they are starting to wear her clothes, act the way she does, want to be her, going so far with the obsession that they don't want her to ever die, they want her to live on, to continue to quell their irrational insecurities and keep feeding off her mastodon sized ego as long as it feels good. Why, because WE the people, are already dead.