- On the day of Sept. 11th, New York looked like a war zone. I've heard in the past, people use the comparison of any kind of mess as 'looking like Beirut' ie like a bomb hit it. So basically, New York looked like a war zone.
"But Beirut never looked like New York." - Beirut has never looked like New York however. It has never looked glamourous or expensive and has never been associated with being one of the most famous cities in the world.
"So the footnote works its way up from the bottom of the page, filled with a certain understandable sense of rage at justice unforthcoming." - America has supported Israel, whether it be overtly or covertly. No one was expecting the attacks to happen on the Trade Centre. Some people may not have even known that such people existed that wanted to harm America. They would be 'the footnote'; something that's tucked away at the bottom of a page that no one really takes any notice of. But if 'the footnote works it way up from the bottom of the page', people will have to take notice. Also, 'Filled with a certain understandable sense of rage', angry at the support for the Jewish from America and non for the Muslims.
"We were so wrapped up in the internecine strife of the last of the so-called ‘european’ centuries, my compadres, that we didn’t see it coming." - Governments were only caring about the Western world and their own countries that they never really expected such attacks to happen, hence the slack security that allowed the pilots to get on the planes and cause the attacks.
So there you go. If anyone else has any ideas about this song, feel free to say that I'm talking a load of shit.">
Relentless Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by Harry_Manback | SongMeanings
- On the day of Sept. 11th, New York looked like a war zone. I've heard in the past, people use the comparison of any kind of mess as 'looking like Beirut' ie like a bomb hit it. So basically, New York looked like a war zone.
"But Beirut never looked like New York." - Beirut has never looked like New York however. It has never looked glamourous or expensive and has never been associated with being one of the most famous cities in the world.
"So the footnote works its way up from the bottom of the page, filled with a certain understandable sense of rage at justice unforthcoming." - America has supported Israel, whether it be overtly or covertly. No one was expecting the attacks to happen on the Trade Centre. Some people may not have even known that such people existed that wanted to harm America. They would be 'the footnote'; something that's tucked away at the bottom of a page that no one really takes any notice of. But if 'the footnote works it way up from the bottom of the page', people will have to take notice. Also, 'Filled with a certain understandable sense of rage', angry at the support for the Jewish from America and non for the Muslims.
"We were so wrapped up in the internecine strife of the last of the so-called ‘european’ centuries, my compadres, that we didn’t see it coming." - Governments were only caring about the Western world and their own countries that they never really expected such attacks to happen, hence the slack security that allowed the pilots to get on the planes and cause the attacks.
So there you go. If anyone else has any ideas about this song, feel free to say that I'm talking a load of shit." />
<font color=#ff66ff><b>I think I have a meaning for this song, but I'm not sure whether it's correct or not, so hear me out. I think it's about the problems and conflicts in the Middle East, the West's meddling, culminating the the Trade Centre attacks.
<i>"Today New York kind of looks like Beirut"</i> - On the day of Sept. 11th, New York looked like a war zone. I've heard in the past, people use the comparison of any kind of mess as 'looking like Beirut' ie like a bomb hit it. So basically, New York looked like a war zone.
<i>"But Beirut never looked like New York."</i> - Beirut has never looked like New York however. It has never looked glamourous or expensive and has never been associated with being one of the most famous cities in the world.
<i>"So the footnote works its way up from the bottom of the page, filled with a certain understandable sense of rage at justice unforthcoming."</i> - America has supported Israel, whether it be overtly or covertly. No one was expecting the attacks to happen on the Trade Centre. Some people may not have even known that such people existed that wanted to harm America. They would be 'the footnote'; something that's tucked away at the bottom of a page that no one really takes any notice of. But if 'the footnote works it way up from the bottom of the page', people will have to take notice. Also, 'Filled with a certain understandable sense of rage', angry at the support for the Jewish from America and non for the Muslims.
<i>"We were so wrapped up in the internecine strife of the last of the so-called ‘european’ centuries, my compadres, that we didn’t see it coming."</i> - Governments were only caring about the Western world and their own countries that they never really expected such attacks to happen, hence the slack security that allowed the pilots to get on the planes and cause the attacks.
So there you go. If anyone else has any ideas about this song, feel free to say that I'm talking a load of shit.</font></b>
<font color=#ff66ff><b>I think I have a meaning for this song, but I'm not sure whether it's correct or not, so hear me out. I think it's about the problems and conflicts in the Middle East, the West's meddling, culminating the the Trade Centre attacks.
<i>"Today New York kind of looks like Beirut"</i> - On the day of Sept. 11th, New York looked like a war zone. I've heard in the past, people use the comparison of any kind of mess as 'looking like Beirut' ie like a bomb hit it. So basically, New York looked like a war zone.
<i>"But Beirut never looked like New York."</i> - Beirut has never looked like New York however. It has never looked glamourous or expensive and has never been associated with being one of the most famous cities in the world.
<i>"So the footnote works its way up from the bottom of the page, filled with a certain understandable sense of rage at justice unforthcoming."</i> - America has supported Israel, whether it be overtly or covertly. No one was expecting the attacks to happen on the Trade Centre. Some people may not have even known that such people existed that wanted to harm America. They would be 'the footnote'; something that's tucked away at the bottom of a page that no one really takes any notice of. But if 'the footnote works it way up from the bottom of the page', people will have to take notice. Also, 'Filled with a certain understandable sense of rage', angry at the support for the Jewish from America and non for the Muslims.
<i>"We were so wrapped up in the internecine strife of the last of the so-called ‘european’ centuries, my compadres, that we didn’t see it coming."</i> - Governments were only caring about the Western world and their own countries that they never really expected such attacks to happen, hence the slack security that allowed the pilots to get on the planes and cause the attacks.
So there you go. If anyone else has any ideas about this song, feel free to say that I'm talking a load of shit.</font></b>