Roads Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mriuria 

Cover art for Roads lyrics by Portishead

it sounds like beth is singing about waking up and realizing that she has always done--and this same something is something that her society practices--is wrong. it seems to her like she is the only person that realizes it. (can't anybody see) for example: this is how a nazi would feel upon realizing that the nazis are committing a horrible evil. this is how a white southerner in the mid 1900's would feel upon realizing that that racial injustice is wrong. etc. etc. she's trying to wake society up to fight this wrong (we've got a war to fight) but at the same time it feels strange to her that something she has always practiced and never questioned--is now wrong in her own eyes. (from this moment, how can it feel this wrong)

@mriuria I agree. Albert Einstein called this phase of history :The predatory phase of economics. Money supercedes human dignity in this era. Money suopercedes appreciation of life on earth (before we even undertand how all of the ecosystems work).

@mriuria I agree. Albert Einstein called this phase of history :The predatory phase of economics. Money supercedes human dignity in this era. Money suopercedes appreciation of life on earth (before we even undertand how all of the ecosystems work).

@mriuria I agree. Albert Einstein called this phase of history :The predatory phase of economics. Money supercedes human dignity in this era. Money suopercedes appreciation of life on earth (before we even undertand how all of the ecosystems work).