This song has a lot of overtones of conspiracy or political scandal or rebellion. For example - "you told me what you knew"; "where will this lead us? I'm scared of the storm"; "am I with you or am I against." The rap portion seems to be mainly about having the courage to stand up for our convictions, with explicit reference to MLK and therefore political rebellion.
My interpretation would be that this is in a general sense a song about the marginalised people under the Bush administration coming together to take back control of their destiny, which was the essence of what MLK did. The story of the song seems to be about the narrator being called to meet a friend in a restaurant, and the friend telling the narrator about something they have found out which has major political implications, and then asking the narrator to support them in the 'storm' that will follow when the information is unleashed on the world.
"The day that the music stopped" seems to be a reference to 'American Pie' by Don McLean. This song has some significant references to political change and has been linked to JFK, RFK and MLK as well as the musical rebellion led by Bob Dylan in the 60s.
This song has a lot of overtones of conspiracy or political scandal or rebellion. For example - "you told me what you knew"; "where will this lead us? I'm scared of the storm"; "am I with you or am I against." The rap portion seems to be mainly about having the courage to stand up for our convictions, with explicit reference to MLK and therefore political rebellion.
My interpretation would be that this is in a general sense a song about the marginalised people under the Bush administration coming together to take back control of their destiny, which was the essence of what MLK did. The story of the song seems to be about the narrator being called to meet a friend in a restaurant, and the friend telling the narrator about something they have found out which has major political implications, and then asking the narrator to support them in the 'storm' that will follow when the information is unleashed on the world.
"The day that the music stopped" seems to be a reference to 'American Pie' by Don McLean. This song has some significant references to political change and has been linked to JFK, RFK and MLK as well as the musical rebellion led by Bob Dylan in the 60s.