Furthermore, the titular line in the song, "How do the blues sound from up there?" is an inquiry into how the rich, in their gilded towers, react to the suffering and day-to-day struggles of the poor, whom they use as human fodder to power their ubiquitous commercial and industrial machines.
The singular reference to religion can be found in the following lines:
"Time for your favorite story
Of how to achieve golden glory
Wash yourself all squeaky clean
All in while on All Hallow's Eve"
This is, of course, the answer to the aforementioned inquiry, and is a clear invokation of the famous quote by Karl Marx, stating that "religion is the opium of the people." Basically, if you're poor, living paycheck-to-paycheck, can barely afford to feed your family, don't have health insurance, etc., then put your faith in God, because the high priests of the free market don't give a shit about you.
After that, it's back to more of the same. "Just stay on your knees" because if too many of us choose to rise up and say enough! with this mindless exploitation of the working poor, then the house of cards built by big business may just come tumbling down.
Here's hoping it happens sooner rather than later.
Furthermore, the titular line in the song, "How do the blues sound from up there?" is an inquiry into how the rich, in their gilded towers, react to the suffering and day-to-day struggles of the poor, whom they use as human fodder to power their ubiquitous commercial and industrial machines.
The singular reference to religion can be found in the following lines:
"Time for your favorite story Of how to achieve golden glory Wash yourself all squeaky clean All in while on All Hallow's Eve"
This is, of course, the answer to the aforementioned inquiry, and is a clear invokation of the famous quote by Karl Marx, stating that "religion is the opium of the people." Basically, if you're poor, living paycheck-to-paycheck, can barely afford to feed your family, don't have health insurance, etc., then put your faith in God, because the high priests of the free market don't give a shit about you.
After that, it's back to more of the same. "Just stay on your knees" because if too many of us choose to rise up and say enough! with this mindless exploitation of the working poor, then the house of cards built by big business may just come tumbling down.
Here's hoping it happens sooner rather than later.