Uhhh, this song is totally NOT about sex. It is a love song of sorts, but FistECuffs has it a lot closer than anyone else on here. The members of Rise Against are anarchists, and this sounds like an ELF action more than anything else. If you don't know who the Earth Liberation Front is, you should google that (or watch "If A Tree Falls" on netflix).
The story in this song begins at dawn after a night of monkeywrenching (probably sabotaging logging trucks and the like) with the woman he loves. He looks around at all the damage they've done and suddenly is full of fear that they will get caught. I think that we can infer from the lines where he offers her a chance to opt out of the action that she was scared all along, even though she went through with it. Anyway, dawn is coming and he sees all the damage. In that moment he realizes what a serious thing the two of them have done- that they've crossed a line, and he makes a commitment to stick by her (perhaps reassuring her of his commitment and love, but likely accompanied by a dedication to not turn on her like other ELF members have in the past cough Jake Ferguson cough). Either way, his message to her is that he's all in, no matter what.
The other lines in the song refer back to the action of the night and how he felt while they went about their business. How he was motivated by anger (I feel my temperature rising), the exhilarating feeling of doing direct action (my body explode) and the fear of being caught (I feel like somebody's watching, like I'm not alone). The angel/devil line is his way of expressing that he only has good intentions, but the devils he is fighting against will try to hunt him down.
I don't see any evidence of their target being a government building, because they are in a clearing according to one line, the part about laying out the tools just sounds like a monkeywrenching expedition. And in addition to being anarchists, Rise Against are also vegans and avid environmentalists... and all of these ideologies together spawned the ELF movement.
This is a great song, but I have to admit that (assuming my interpretation is correct) I'm surprised to hear them singing about it. If any of them have taken part in an ELF action, it's really stupid to own up to it in public. Then again it could be a song inspired by their friends, or just creativity run happily amok. :-)
Uhhh, this song is totally NOT about sex. It is a love song of sorts, but FistECuffs has it a lot closer than anyone else on here. The members of Rise Against are anarchists, and this sounds like an ELF action more than anything else. If you don't know who the Earth Liberation Front is, you should google that (or watch "If A Tree Falls" on netflix).
The story in this song begins at dawn after a night of monkeywrenching (probably sabotaging logging trucks and the like) with the woman he loves. He looks around at all the damage they've done and suddenly is full of fear that they will get caught. I think that we can infer from the lines where he offers her a chance to opt out of the action that she was scared all along, even though she went through with it. Anyway, dawn is coming and he sees all the damage. In that moment he realizes what a serious thing the two of them have done- that they've crossed a line, and he makes a commitment to stick by her (perhaps reassuring her of his commitment and love, but likely accompanied by a dedication to not turn on her like other ELF members have in the past cough Jake Ferguson cough). Either way, his message to her is that he's all in, no matter what.
The other lines in the song refer back to the action of the night and how he felt while they went about their business. How he was motivated by anger (I feel my temperature rising), the exhilarating feeling of doing direct action (my body explode) and the fear of being caught (I feel like somebody's watching, like I'm not alone). The angel/devil line is his way of expressing that he only has good intentions, but the devils he is fighting against will try to hunt him down.
I don't see any evidence of their target being a government building, because they are in a clearing according to one line, the part about laying out the tools just sounds like a monkeywrenching expedition. And in addition to being anarchists, Rise Against are also vegans and avid environmentalists... and all of these ideologies together spawned the ELF movement.
This is a great song, but I have to admit that (assuming my interpretation is correct) I'm surprised to hear them singing about it. If any of them have taken part in an ELF action, it's really stupid to own up to it in public. Then again it could be a song inspired by their friends, or just creativity run happily amok. :-)