We Live As We Dream, Alone Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Pleat 

Cover art for We Live As We Dream, Alone lyrics by Gang of Four

The key line is:

"The space between our work and its product"

This song is about Marx's alienation theory.

"The city is the place to be/with no money we'll all go crazy"..."We were not born in isolation/but sometimes it seems that way" etc

Agreed, there are several references to Marxist economics in this and other Gang of Four songs.

Who says rock and roll can't be educational? It was from this song I learned about "the space between our work and its product". This concept helps me understand my place in the working world. Much later, I heard a lecture from Noam Chomsky where he mentioned the concept as well.