My view of the song is a little different from most of these. To me it seems like its just talking about how when you're a young, you think you have everything figured out and you want to grow up to be rich and famout. "you bought a guitar to punish your ma...you didnt like school, and you know youre nobody's fool". And in the end you have no choice because it is not up to you whether someone picks you to be a big rich and famous rockstar and you must grow up and do exactly what you thought would never have to. "Welcome to the machine" is basically saying, "youre not a kid anymore, welcome to the real world you can either get a job you hate or be poor and homeless and not be able to do anything you want...your choice"
YES! That is exactly what the song is trying to suggest. This is the only comment I've seen so far that puts the song into perspective based on the grand scheme of things. everyone is right about the music industry part. But thats only because the album is a story and the characters particular battle with the machine involves the music industry. But as all stories do, this one has an overall concept that it is trying to teach about life. That we're slaves to money, conformity and routine living. And we're all just a part of the machine and...
YES! That is exactly what the song is trying to suggest. This is the only comment I've seen so far that puts the song into perspective based on the grand scheme of things. everyone is right about the music industry part. But thats only because the album is a story and the characters particular battle with the machine involves the music industry. But as all stories do, this one has an overall concept that it is trying to teach about life. That we're slaves to money, conformity and routine living. And we're all just a part of the machine and there's nothing we can really do about. Unless you decide to become a degenerate and disenfranchise the machine all together.
My view of the song is a little different from most of these. To me it seems like its just talking about how when you're a young, you think you have everything figured out and you want to grow up to be rich and famout. "you bought a guitar to punish your ma...you didnt like school, and you know youre nobody's fool". And in the end you have no choice because it is not up to you whether someone picks you to be a big rich and famous rockstar and you must grow up and do exactly what you thought would never have to. "Welcome to the machine" is basically saying, "youre not a kid anymore, welcome to the real world you can either get a job you hate or be poor and homeless and not be able to do anything you want...your choice"
YES! That is exactly what the song is trying to suggest. This is the only comment I've seen so far that puts the song into perspective based on the grand scheme of things. everyone is right about the music industry part. But thats only because the album is a story and the characters particular battle with the machine involves the music industry. But as all stories do, this one has an overall concept that it is trying to teach about life. That we're slaves to money, conformity and routine living. And we're all just a part of the machine and...
YES! That is exactly what the song is trying to suggest. This is the only comment I've seen so far that puts the song into perspective based on the grand scheme of things. everyone is right about the music industry part. But thats only because the album is a story and the characters particular battle with the machine involves the music industry. But as all stories do, this one has an overall concept that it is trying to teach about life. That we're slaves to money, conformity and routine living. And we're all just a part of the machine and there's nothing we can really do about. Unless you decide to become a degenerate and disenfranchise the machine all together.