I've been thinking about this song and I ended up finding similarities between it and the Grapes of Wrath. Tsuppi said something about oppressed farmers. And in the book there's that whole thing of them not having a home ("rows of deserted houses") and going to California with "nothing but crippling doubt." Which is true because they started off with so much hope, and then they found nothing that they didn't have before: each other. Which may be the "we'll rest easy (justified)" part. Also, "I've suffered a swift defeat,
I'll endure countless repeats," they've been evicted from their homes and they're going to have to keep fighting every obstacle just to stay alive. I'm not saying it's ABOUT the Grapes of Wrath, it's just that I interpreted similar themes. It's a stretch, but it's something new.
I've been thinking about this song and I ended up finding similarities between it and the Grapes of Wrath. Tsuppi said something about oppressed farmers. And in the book there's that whole thing of them not having a home ("rows of deserted houses") and going to California with "nothing but crippling doubt." Which is true because they started off with so much hope, and then they found nothing that they didn't have before: each other. Which may be the "we'll rest easy (justified)" part. Also, "I've suffered a swift defeat, I'll endure countless repeats," they've been evicted from their homes and they're going to have to keep fighting every obstacle just to stay alive. I'm not saying it's ABOUT the Grapes of Wrath, it's just that I interpreted similar themes. It's a stretch, but it's something new.