There is an irony in the music here: the hip-hop inflections of the song might be a commentary on today's generation of kids, who listen to rap but don't really come from the streets.
Ghosts basically narrate all the songs on "Now You Are One of Us," so this particular spirit is just laying it for some parents. Their kids are selfish brats; the parents' ailments and tales of woe are all they have left in this life. It's a sad existence.
Yet the pAper chAse, as always, isn't meant to me taken literally. Some people complain about the younger generation or their own illnesses as a way to get attention or make themselves feel important. The ghost of "The Kids..." is both satirical commentary on the younger generation and an indictment of parents who won't take responsibility for their own failings.
Ghosts have all the power on this conceptual album. So when Congelton sings "We'll be watching you so watch your mouth," he might mean that people who complain--whether about wayward kids or physical ills--should watch what they are saying. Things could be worse, after all. You could be dead, right?
There is an irony in the music here: the hip-hop inflections of the song might be a commentary on today's generation of kids, who listen to rap but don't really come from the streets.
Ghosts basically narrate all the songs on "Now You Are One of Us," so this particular spirit is just laying it for some parents. Their kids are selfish brats; the parents' ailments and tales of woe are all they have left in this life. It's a sad existence.
Yet the pAper chAse, as always, isn't meant to me taken literally. Some people complain about the younger generation or their own illnesses as a way to get attention or make themselves feel important. The ghost of "The Kids..." is both satirical commentary on the younger generation and an indictment of parents who won't take responsibility for their own failings.
Ghosts have all the power on this conceptual album. So when Congelton sings "We'll be watching you so watch your mouth," he might mean that people who complain--whether about wayward kids or physical ills--should watch what they are saying. Things could be worse, after all. You could be dead, right?