most of you have it figured out... some still are kinda reaching. just to clear up the confusion, here is a quote from an interview with brandon boyd directly, in which he talks about the meaning behind this song:
"That song is sort of covering the idea that there is a very strong tendency for certain media outlets to try and keep us afraid as to keep us consuming and docile and pliable, so to speak. I think it captures that feeling that we don't want to stay indoors, and that even though we're sort of sometimes being forced to, or forced to feel like we have to, you don't necissarilly have to."
there ya go. he's referencing the warfare going on around the world and how the media manipulates information to the advantage of their own biases. he's saying we can't just believe everything we hear in the media for that reason (it's "like reading with my eyes closed"). the beginning of the song has sort of a nostalgic feel, like he's remembering a time before the warfare, and challenging us to stop the violence and war and just love one another.
most of you have it figured out... some still are kinda reaching. just to clear up the confusion, here is a quote from an interview with brandon boyd directly, in which he talks about the meaning behind this song:
"That song is sort of covering the idea that there is a very strong tendency for certain media outlets to try and keep us afraid as to keep us consuming and docile and pliable, so to speak. I think it captures that feeling that we don't want to stay indoors, and that even though we're sort of sometimes being forced to, or forced to feel like we have to, you don't necissarilly have to."
there ya go. he's referencing the warfare going on around the world and how the media manipulates information to the advantage of their own biases. he's saying we can't just believe everything we hear in the media for that reason (it's "like reading with my eyes closed"). the beginning of the song has sort of a nostalgic feel, like he's remembering a time before the warfare, and challenging us to stop the violence and war and just love one another.