Amazing song. Definitely one of Breaking Wheel's best.
I believe that this song is about a concentration camp prisoner. The "False idols" and "kings" could be referring to the Nazis who took power during a time when Germany was in financial ruin ("Who came to rule through circumstance") and soon after they forced many people into concentration camps where they were forced to work to death. As time goes on, the prisoner begins to lose hope and wants to die.
Listening to this song reminds me of Orwell's Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution more than Nazi concentration camps.
Listening to this song reminds me of Orwell's Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution more than Nazi concentration camps.
I don't think it's a concentration camp because of the phrase "He... Gave himself away."
I don't think it's a concentration camp because of the phrase "He... Gave himself away."
Obviously, a concentration camp victim wouldn't willingly go into the camp; they were forced in.
Obviously, a concentration camp victim wouldn't willingly go into the camp; they were forced in.
I just think it fits a lot better with Communism than anything else. The character of Boxer ("I will work harder") is too close to this guy to be a coincidence.
I just think it fits a lot better with Communism than anything else. The character of Boxer ("I will work harder") is too close to this guy to be a coincidence.
Perhaps he gave himself away through ignorance? From my understanding, the holocaust victims were unaware that their own demise was at hand, in fact, i remember seeing pictures of a gas chamber designed to look like showers, where they would willingly walk in and be trapped and gassed.
Perhaps he gave himself away through ignorance? From my understanding, the holocaust victims were unaware that their own demise was at hand, in fact, i remember seeing pictures of a gas chamber designed to look like showers, where they would willingly walk in and be trapped and gassed.
Amazing song. Definitely one of Breaking Wheel's best.
I believe that this song is about a concentration camp prisoner. The "False idols" and "kings" could be referring to the Nazis who took power during a time when Germany was in financial ruin ("Who came to rule through circumstance") and soon after they forced many people into concentration camps where they were forced to work to death. As time goes on, the prisoner begins to lose hope and wants to die.
Listening to this song reminds me of Orwell's Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution more than Nazi concentration camps.
Listening to this song reminds me of Orwell's Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution more than Nazi concentration camps.
I don't think it's a concentration camp because of the phrase "He... Gave himself away."
I don't think it's a concentration camp because of the phrase "He... Gave himself away."
Obviously, a concentration camp victim wouldn't willingly go into the camp; they were forced in.
Obviously, a concentration camp victim wouldn't willingly go into the camp; they were forced in.
I just think it fits a lot better with Communism than anything else. The character of Boxer ("I will work harder") is too close to this guy to be a coincidence.
I just think it fits a lot better with Communism than anything else. The character of Boxer ("I will work harder") is too close to this guy to be a coincidence.
Perhaps he gave himself away through ignorance? From my understanding, the holocaust victims were unaware that their own demise was at hand, in fact, i remember seeing pictures of a gas chamber designed to look like showers, where they would willingly walk in and be trapped and gassed.
Perhaps he gave himself away through ignorance? From my understanding, the holocaust victims were unaware that their own demise was at hand, in fact, i remember seeing pictures of a gas chamber designed to look like showers, where they would willingly walk in and be trapped and gassed.