Vaporize Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wahnker 

Cover art for Vaporize lyrics by Broken Bells

This a great song! To me, the lyrics are speaking about getting older and realizing that your life is not what you once thought it would be. You also begin to realize that all the things you once thought were true, are actually not true at all, and with each day, you know less.

We should embrace this realization and use it to make a difference, before it's too late. We should forget about those past dreams and beliefs, which we know deep-down to be useless lies. Approach each day with an open mind, do some self-reflection, and live-out the rest of our lives doing what truly makes us happy.

My Interpretation

Yeah, it's about disillusion and indeed a great song. Have you read 1984? The enemies of the state get "vaporized", which means that they get arrested at night and noone ever hears or see something of them anymore and all traces of their identity get erased.

"A cruel device, a villain arives, a simple plan" - Big Brother is watching you...

TOTALLY FREAKIN AGREE, I actually just put that up as a separate comment before I read people's replies on here. This song is WAY TOO SIMILAR TO THE EVENTS of that novel for it to be coincidence. I think they wrote this song definitely with 1984 in mind.