I think it's a misanthropic view of the modern, plastic, synthetic world and a comment on the crass consumerist culture that we live in.
"I'll never make no more complaints
'Cause I don't care.
Just set that plastic world on fire
And watch it melt".
The fact that the world would melt rather than burn is the pivotal line. We live a manufactured, polystyrene world, where nothing is genuine. This "rocket sled utopia" that we live in is viewed by the narrator as a "self-imposed myopia" - a shortsightedness (an ignorance), as if we are blinded by own greed and cheap thrills. The idea of watching it get destroyed delights the narrator and imagines himself "dancing in the flames".
The line about Jack Kirby is Wyndorf's way of mourning a better, more innocent time. Kirby was an artist in the Golden Age of comics. The world should be more appreciative of that era, of that more innocent time, and specifically the artistic talent and integrity of Kirby's genius.
@lazaruspit Awesome comment. I've seen it more of a meltdown against this culture but it also means the world should melt instead of burn. Very nicely said. Also the Jack Kirby touch, totally got me even from the first hearing of the song. Years later, still does.
@lazaruspit Awesome comment. I've seen it more of a meltdown against this culture but it also means the world should melt instead of burn. Very nicely said. Also the Jack Kirby touch, totally got me even from the first hearing of the song. Years later, still does.
I think it's a misanthropic view of the modern, plastic, synthetic world and a comment on the crass consumerist culture that we live in.
"I'll never make no more complaints 'Cause I don't care. Just set that plastic world on fire And watch it melt".
The fact that the world would melt rather than burn is the pivotal line. We live a manufactured, polystyrene world, where nothing is genuine. This "rocket sled utopia" that we live in is viewed by the narrator as a "self-imposed myopia" - a shortsightedness (an ignorance), as if we are blinded by own greed and cheap thrills. The idea of watching it get destroyed delights the narrator and imagines himself "dancing in the flames".
The line about Jack Kirby is Wyndorf's way of mourning a better, more innocent time. Kirby was an artist in the Golden Age of comics. The world should be more appreciative of that era, of that more innocent time, and specifically the artistic talent and integrity of Kirby's genius.
@lazaruspit Awesome comment. I've seen it more of a meltdown against this culture but it also means the world should melt instead of burn. Very nicely said. Also the Jack Kirby touch, totally got me even from the first hearing of the song. Years later, still does.
@lazaruspit Awesome comment. I've seen it more of a meltdown against this culture but it also means the world should melt instead of burn. Very nicely said. Also the Jack Kirby touch, totally got me even from the first hearing of the song. Years later, still does.