Supporting Caste Lyrics

Lyric discussion by xnalax 

Cover art for Supporting Caste lyrics by Propagandhi

This song plays with the meaning of Caste (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste) which is a social hierarchy, or status, used in India and different places. It's widely known for being extremely static, that means that moving from status is almost impossible, a person that is born a farmer, will die as farmer, and so will his family.

You may be wondering what does this have to do with the song, and that's when Cast and Caste come along. If you read well, you can figure the Cast and Caste thing here: to the script made on behalf of a supporting cast(e).

The supporting cast in a movie barely has any importance, it's just there to fill the movie or play. Propagandhi here is hardly criticizing how history only exalts the high society, the kings, people with powers (even superpowers), etc. Any other, no matter what you do, is another part of the supporting cast(e).

There's no reward for the supporting cast, 'no floral bouquet', 'no recurring role'.