Revolution Roulette Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Oorakhhye 

Cover art for Revolution Roulette lyrics by Poets Of The Fall

I think this song is highly political.
However, I don't think it only has to be tied to politics. I think what Marko is talking about in this song is the ultimate entity. And how each and every one of us feel like we have an "edge" on how to beat it. Be it the government, disease, old age...whatever. We're being "revolutionaries". However, I think we're all playing "russian roulette" with it at the same time because you're gambling one way or another.

"So you're left with sanity to lose, cos the machine is a ruse...another invention to rule them.". The machine was meant to trick us all and rule us. We're all the victims and slaves of reality..

Be it from our own leaders... Our own peers... Ourselves...

But we all think we have the lucky Ace in the hole...

We're gambling...

We're revolutionaries...

We're playing revolution roulette

"Everybody loves a perfect solution to beat the odds against the poorest possible substitution"