I think this is one of the more political ones off the album, veering heavily towards the OhGr side of things. A lot of it seems to be about the future, particularly of the United States, but also of the rest of the world.
"Aside from writing walls up
Put on as if facts to see"
"The writing is on the wall", though the writing is missing (but the facts are there if you look). The warnings have been made re: global warming, a corrupt financial system, the loss of the US' position of global dominance to China, etc, etc
"Reactions cause deferral
From a passed on future's needs"
Reactions to those warnings are strong and emotional (e.g. climate change denialists, apologists for the bankers, advocates of sabre-rattling at China). These reactions divert political debate from what matters, deferring discussion about the needs of the future world for our selfish immediate needs. All our generation cares about is that it continues "forever getting, forever hating, forever taking, taking..."
"They change(d) the world for certain
Bringing in false profits made
We're spending all the future
Future's never ours to see"
Fairly blunt, this. We're spending the wealth and resources of future generations now. The standard cop-out is "I don't care, I won't be alive anyway."
"Fade out in one act
Overturning neverending dream
All coming caught up in
The moments we can never see"
Could be about the economic crisis of 2008 -- fading out quickly (in one act), overturning the "never ending dream", which might be infinite growth economics, or even the American Dream.
"The party's lost a lot of cash and forest for the trees"
Political party? Which one? Both? (They both seem complicit in the financial crisis.) Or maybe the "party" of lavish lifestyles lived on credit... Forest for the trees is pretty blatant too, coming back to the image of divisive emotional reactions to smaller issues distracting from the larger ones.
"Eyes gonna hate that
Wanna wanna wake up"
Wake up from what? I would suggest the American Dream...
I like this interpretation generally, but Skinny Puppy being a Canadian band I'm not sure it would be so Americanized... then again, Canadians love to diss America :P.
I like this interpretation generally, but Skinny Puppy being a Canadian band I'm not sure it would be so Americanized... then again, Canadians love to diss America :P.
I think this is one of the more political ones off the album, veering heavily towards the OhGr side of things. A lot of it seems to be about the future, particularly of the United States, but also of the rest of the world.
"Aside from writing walls up Put on as if facts to see"
"The writing is on the wall", though the writing is missing (but the facts are there if you look). The warnings have been made re: global warming, a corrupt financial system, the loss of the US' position of global dominance to China, etc, etc
"Reactions cause deferral From a passed on future's needs"
Reactions to those warnings are strong and emotional (e.g. climate change denialists, apologists for the bankers, advocates of sabre-rattling at China). These reactions divert political debate from what matters, deferring discussion about the needs of the future world for our selfish immediate needs. All our generation cares about is that it continues "forever getting, forever hating, forever taking, taking..."
"They change(d) the world for certain Bringing in false profits made We're spending all the future Future's never ours to see"
Fairly blunt, this. We're spending the wealth and resources of future generations now. The standard cop-out is "I don't care, I won't be alive anyway."
"Fade out in one act Overturning neverending dream All coming caught up in The moments we can never see"
Could be about the economic crisis of 2008 -- fading out quickly (in one act), overturning the "never ending dream", which might be infinite growth economics, or even the American Dream.
"The party's lost a lot of cash and forest for the trees"
Political party? Which one? Both? (They both seem complicit in the financial crisis.) Or maybe the "party" of lavish lifestyles lived on credit... Forest for the trees is pretty blatant too, coming back to the image of divisive emotional reactions to smaller issues distracting from the larger ones.
"Eyes gonna hate that Wanna wanna wake up"
Wake up from what? I would suggest the American Dream...
I like this interpretation generally, but Skinny Puppy being a Canadian band I'm not sure it would be so Americanized... then again, Canadians love to diss America :P.
I like this interpretation generally, but Skinny Puppy being a Canadian band I'm not sure it would be so Americanized... then again, Canadians love to diss America :P.
They live in California now, and have since the 90s.
They live in California now, and have since the 90s.