In my opinion the bit about kids standing with their arms folding tight is talking about the same anti hipster sentiments that are in rococo. The singer is trying to tell them about truth and beauty and things like that - 'I said some things are pure, and some things are right' but the kids refuse to relax their facade of 'coolness' and so miss out - 'But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight'
Yea i agree good reading, i think it is a call to action to the youth who have seen the shallowness and negatives of society and decided to rebel through rejecting society and living outside of it, sort of adopting a idle role, rather than accepting society as is and attempting to actively critique and help it; sort of what Win Butler does with his music. The next song 'wasted hours' continues ideas presented in this song with only a less critical and more supportive of his idea that the younger generation must be constructive in order to help society;...
Yea i agree good reading, i think it is a call to action to the youth who have seen the shallowness and negatives of society and decided to rebel through rejecting society and living outside of it, sort of adopting a idle role, rather than accepting society as is and attempting to actively critique and help it; sort of what Win Butler does with his music. The next song 'wasted hours' continues ideas presented in this song with only a less critical and more supportive of his idea that the younger generation must be constructive in order to help society; 'wasted hours that you make new, turn into a life that we could' presents the idea that he was constructive and found a life in society in which he succeeds and critiques the world.
In my opinion the bit about kids standing with their arms folding tight is talking about the same anti hipster sentiments that are in rococo. The singer is trying to tell them about truth and beauty and things like that - 'I said some things are pure, and some things are right' but the kids refuse to relax their facade of 'coolness' and so miss out - 'But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight'
Yea i agree good reading, i think it is a call to action to the youth who have seen the shallowness and negatives of society and decided to rebel through rejecting society and living outside of it, sort of adopting a idle role, rather than accepting society as is and attempting to actively critique and help it; sort of what Win Butler does with his music. The next song 'wasted hours' continues ideas presented in this song with only a less critical and more supportive of his idea that the younger generation must be constructive in order to help society;...
Yea i agree good reading, i think it is a call to action to the youth who have seen the shallowness and negatives of society and decided to rebel through rejecting society and living outside of it, sort of adopting a idle role, rather than accepting society as is and attempting to actively critique and help it; sort of what Win Butler does with his music. The next song 'wasted hours' continues ideas presented in this song with only a less critical and more supportive of his idea that the younger generation must be constructive in order to help society; 'wasted hours that you make new, turn into a life that we could' presents the idea that he was constructive and found a life in society in which he succeeds and critiques the world.