This is just my oppion but I think it is agout how you start out in life trying to do the right thing and treat people right but slowly you find that the world doesn't work that way so you have to abandon your beliefs/morals and adopt socities false morals. Then once you do that you don't like it and you hate that life has made you do it but you can't go back and still be able to make it in the world. Looking at the lyrics:
" Come on and brace your face
Engulfed up in the rat race we hold our futures down
So just resist the plot and find the answer
etched eternal
as we self destruct " =
Someone starting out in life on there own. that start to see things how they are but he/she doesn't give in at first and they try to find a way to keep their morals/beliefs even though society seems to be tearing itself apart.
"day by day
one by one
more example of disrespect
that you seem to offer no more than complete neglect
a generation with fate all tied
this aint and game
we dont enjoy this ride
try to perceive the lie" =
The person has more things happen to him/her and sees more things that are wrong with the way things work and can't see a way to change them. He/She realizes that others may not like what they have become but they put up an act to hide it and have become jaded.
"all caught up in your own high
opinions of yourself
should be concerned about your life
theres been enough strife to crash a persons hope
and as the days delay our every other move" =
The person is on the edge of breaking down and doing what everyone else does. Everything they do in line with what is right or the way things should be doesn't work so they are telling themselves that they should just stop being concerned about others or how things should be and just do what they have to to get what they want and need.
"we've been consumed by apathy
thats right
it has become a pain
inside my brain is screaming
look what you've done to me" =
He/She has finally broke. They have gave in to society and become what it is and he/she hates society for doing this.
"Break
its just the break we're givin em
its just the break that you`re givn' em
layed to waste out in the open
turned away once agian
this isn't right
this ain't supposed to happen
now life's too short
we shouln't have to die
and i have had to stop all of my emotions
why
oh bittering faith escapes agian, agian" =
He/She has been playing socity's game for awhile now and doing to others what was done to him/her. By playing along, he/she has survived and just as he/she has gotten used to doing so socity has droped them for someone new/younger/better. They have been used up and it seems that life has gotten the last laugh.
"just look at what we have done
will look at who we've become
priorities astray
it goes on and on each day
we've wrecked their only try
and still we wonder why
we're recipients of hate Motherf*cker
break your back
just once and then you know
you gotta
face your fright
that's right
yeah
with your five second morals and your five second smile
you just" =
Now that he/she is no longer apart of that "rat race" he/she can once again see all that is wrong just like they could when they started out but now he/she has to live with what they did and accept the consequence of their actions.
Let me just state again that this is my view of the song and that I havn't read any interviews with the band that sate this. I just feel this is what the song means and I can relate to it if that is the case because I have felt this way about society myself.
This is just my oppion but I think it is agout how you start out in life trying to do the right thing and treat people right but slowly you find that the world doesn't work that way so you have to abandon your beliefs/morals and adopt socities false morals. Then once you do that you don't like it and you hate that life has made you do it but you can't go back and still be able to make it in the world. Looking at the lyrics:
" Come on and brace your face Engulfed up in the rat race we hold our futures down So just resist the plot and find the answer etched eternal as we self destruct " =
Someone starting out in life on there own. that start to see things how they are but he/she doesn't give in at first and they try to find a way to keep their morals/beliefs even though society seems to be tearing itself apart.
"day by day one by one more example of disrespect that you seem to offer no more than complete neglect a generation with fate all tied this aint and game we dont enjoy this ride try to perceive the lie" =
The person has more things happen to him/her and sees more things that are wrong with the way things work and can't see a way to change them. He/She realizes that others may not like what they have become but they put up an act to hide it and have become jaded.
"all caught up in your own high opinions of yourself should be concerned about your life theres been enough strife to crash a persons hope and as the days delay our every other move" =
The person is on the edge of breaking down and doing what everyone else does. Everything they do in line with what is right or the way things should be doesn't work so they are telling themselves that they should just stop being concerned about others or how things should be and just do what they have to to get what they want and need.
"we've been consumed by apathy thats right it has become a pain inside my brain is screaming look what you've done to me" =
He/She has finally broke. They have gave in to society and become what it is and he/she hates society for doing this.
"Break its just the break we're givin em its just the break that you`re givn' em layed to waste out in the open turned away once agian this isn't right this ain't supposed to happen now life's too short we shouln't have to die and i have had to stop all of my emotions why oh bittering faith escapes agian, agian" =
He/She has been playing socity's game for awhile now and doing to others what was done to him/her. By playing along, he/she has survived and just as he/she has gotten used to doing so socity has droped them for someone new/younger/better. They have been used up and it seems that life has gotten the last laugh.
"just look at what we have done will look at who we've become priorities astray it goes on and on each day we've wrecked their only try and still we wonder why we're recipients of hate Motherf*cker break your back just once and then you know you gotta face your fright that's right yeah with your five second morals and your five second smile you just" =
Now that he/she is no longer apart of that "rat race" he/she can once again see all that is wrong just like they could when they started out but now he/she has to live with what they did and accept the consequence of their actions.
Let me just state again that this is my view of the song and that I havn't read any interviews with the band that sate this. I just feel this is what the song means and I can relate to it if that is the case because I have felt this way about society myself.