This song is a brilliant statement about communism, fascism, totalitarian governments and other 1984-esque disutopias that promise a beautiful existence with your fellow man but fail to deliver on the promise.
The leaders of such governments always do what is in the "best interest of the people," or so the propoganda states, but the people waste away.
This song seems to focus a lot on the lack of feeling these governments promote. Less emotion, more production. Peopple are machines, not emotional, and spiritual beings.
It really seems to be a response to works like 1984 and A Brave New World, where those who fail to be brainwashed by their imposing governments are struggling to find what life is really about, knowing there's more than this 'palid dream' that's thrust upon them.
Overall, an astounding song. I wish it had made the record.
This song is a brilliant statement about communism, fascism, totalitarian governments and other 1984-esque disutopias that promise a beautiful existence with your fellow man but fail to deliver on the promise.
The leaders of such governments always do what is in the "best interest of the people," or so the propoganda states, but the people waste away.
This song seems to focus a lot on the lack of feeling these governments promote. Less emotion, more production. Peopple are machines, not emotional, and spiritual beings.
It really seems to be a response to works like 1984 and A Brave New World, where those who fail to be brainwashed by their imposing governments are struggling to find what life is really about, knowing there's more than this 'palid dream' that's thrust upon them.
Overall, an astounding song. I wish it had made the record.