Pipeline Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Radek 

Cover art for Pipeline lyrics by Depeche Mode

There is an idea of equality of the people which speaks through the song. It used to be that every man is equal to the nature, but civilisation deformed these norms giving more to some people and less to the others. That is why we can see multimillionaires who can afford to have anything and on the other hand people who doesn’t have access to any basic goods such as a water. Moreover, the world is going to the situations where the rich people earns money through exploitation of the goods which could help the people who really needs it. The author noticed that the critical moment for the world has come and we have to lead the world to the balance which is presented symbolically as the pipeline – we can take away from the greedy and give to the people who really needs it. It’s not easy, it’s rather impossible and could take more than someone’s life.