Aside from the literal situations (a life without God and pain/suffering/toil others in third world countries endure), this song is a general statement of being restrained.
A song that is nothing short of a cry of desperation, it states that there is no help for those in need. When I first heard the song I asked myself "What the hell does a bucket do for a bullet wound?" And that is the point precisely. Absolutely nothing.
Look/listen closely and you'll see that the lyrics do a complete 360:
"Shut up if you want to get paid!
What's your option--cold corruption
or starvation?"
It says do you become like them or do you let yourself die and go without?
"The wolf that comes to many homes these
days just had pups in my kitchen. I sold
them and here is the money."
It shows that a person who is of weak character will not thrive by being virtuous in the corrupted world. The speaker was visited by the corruption and gave in, finding a way to benefit from it, himself becoming corrupt.
There's a lot more that I'd like to say however I dobut anyone wants my line by line interpretation.
Aside from the literal situations (a life without God and pain/suffering/toil others in third world countries endure), this song is a general statement of being restrained.
A song that is nothing short of a cry of desperation, it states that there is no help for those in need. When I first heard the song I asked myself "What the hell does a bucket do for a bullet wound?" And that is the point precisely. Absolutely nothing.
Look/listen closely and you'll see that the lyrics do a complete 360:
It says do you become like them or do you let yourself die and go without?
It shows that a person who is of weak character will not thrive by being virtuous in the corrupted world. The speaker was visited by the corruption and gave in, finding a way to benefit from it, himself becoming corrupt.
There's a lot more that I'd like to say however I dobut anyone wants my line by line interpretation.