The meaning to this song was actually said by Tim during the first play of Help Is On The Way on the radio. He said it's about people like Martin Luther King who designed the world we live in today, and that this generation doesn't seem to be producing these "architects" and takes what these people have done for-granted.
"They laid out the blueprints
they poured down a base
Concrete solutions to slow our decay
but when they are gone
who the fuck's gonna take their place?"
This verse describes it completely, asking who's going to design our future, and continue to build on to what these people have done for society.
But the thing I love about Rise against is that they aren't completely straight-forward, so you can draw separate meanings that you can shape to your own life and views, so songs end up having countless meanings.
Right! That's what makes Rise so inspiring. Like to Tim, of course, most of his songs have political meanings, but the lyrics are loose enough to be interpreted otherwise. I find that Audience of One is a great example of this. In Tim's mind, it's a strike against the Bush administration, but it doesn't directly reference anybody in particular, so to someone else it can be based on their personal experiences.
Right! That's what makes Rise so inspiring. Like to Tim, of course, most of his songs have political meanings, but the lyrics are loose enough to be interpreted otherwise. I find that Audience of One is a great example of this. In Tim's mind, it's a strike against the Bush administration, but it doesn't directly reference anybody in particular, so to someone else it can be based on their personal experiences.
The meaning to this song was actually said by Tim during the first play of Help Is On The Way on the radio. He said it's about people like Martin Luther King who designed the world we live in today, and that this generation doesn't seem to be producing these "architects" and takes what these people have done for-granted.
"They laid out the blueprints they poured down a base Concrete solutions to slow our decay but when they are gone who the fuck's gonna take their place?"
This verse describes it completely, asking who's going to design our future, and continue to build on to what these people have done for society.
But the thing I love about Rise against is that they aren't completely straight-forward, so you can draw separate meanings that you can shape to your own life and views, so songs end up having countless meanings.
Right! That's what makes Rise so inspiring. Like to Tim, of course, most of his songs have political meanings, but the lyrics are loose enough to be interpreted otherwise. I find that Audience of One is a great example of this. In Tim's mind, it's a strike against the Bush administration, but it doesn't directly reference anybody in particular, so to someone else it can be based on their personal experiences.
Right! That's what makes Rise so inspiring. Like to Tim, of course, most of his songs have political meanings, but the lyrics are loose enough to be interpreted otherwise. I find that Audience of One is a great example of this. In Tim's mind, it's a strike against the Bush administration, but it doesn't directly reference anybody in particular, so to someone else it can be based on their personal experiences.