Love this song! To me, this song is about capitalism and how the corporations want to own the company's labour force and do as they please with them.
In the first of the three verses Hornsby sings that he feels that the company he works for is a prison where they are all trapped, overlooking the plains (freedom). The boss cracks his whip, forces the workers to do job that is demeaning and hurts them both physically and mentally.
Meanwhile, he makes sure the company has a beautiful facade, that it looks good on the outside, a keen image. And if a worker would try to prove him wrong, they will feel his rage.
Second verse
The bossman and his sister (supposed to be a meaning?) wants Hornsby gone, they give him the shittiest of jobs to try to break down his will. They can't fire him, but try to tear him down to the point where he will leave the company himself.
The boss has not had to work a day in his life for the things he owns, his legacy took care of that. And he wants to keep it that way.
Verse three...
...tells us how Hornsby has it at home (in the song, ofc). He's poor, has a crappy home and how he wants out of it.
IMO this vese tells about organization, unions. Because, unions work perfectly as long as people gather, the workers need to gather and stick together. BUT, as the third verse states, the boss and the company give out bribes to shut the workers up and make them side with the company, meaning that the work force cannot organize and demand better conditions.
All in all, I'd say Hornsby wants to spread light on how companies tries to own their work force and control it like dictators, and that the only way to fight back is for the work force to organize. However, there are always greedy people who only thinks of theirselves who cannot see the big picture. And those people destroys the work force by letting the bossman, the king of the hill, push them around.
Haha, forgot to tell you, I interpret the song this way cause I live like that. I have a job I hate and a boss who is just like the king of the hill. I try to organize the work force, but when the boss sees me doing so he rewards those I try to get on my side and punished me with the worst jobs possible to break my will.
Haha, forgot to tell you, I interpret the song this way cause I live like that. I have a job I hate and a boss who is just like the king of the hill. I try to organize the work force, but when the boss sees me doing so he rewards those I try to get on my side and punished me with the worst jobs possible to break my will.
Oh, and incidently, my boss looks EXACTLY like the man on the album cover :D
Oh, and incidently, my boss looks EXACTLY like the man on the album cover :D
Love this song! To me, this song is about capitalism and how the corporations want to own the company's labour force and do as they please with them.
In the first of the three verses Hornsby sings that he feels that the company he works for is a prison where they are all trapped, overlooking the plains (freedom). The boss cracks his whip, forces the workers to do job that is demeaning and hurts them both physically and mentally. Meanwhile, he makes sure the company has a beautiful facade, that it looks good on the outside, a keen image. And if a worker would try to prove him wrong, they will feel his rage.
Second verse The bossman and his sister (supposed to be a meaning?) wants Hornsby gone, they give him the shittiest of jobs to try to break down his will. They can't fire him, but try to tear him down to the point where he will leave the company himself. The boss has not had to work a day in his life for the things he owns, his legacy took care of that. And he wants to keep it that way.
Verse three... ...tells us how Hornsby has it at home (in the song, ofc). He's poor, has a crappy home and how he wants out of it. IMO this vese tells about organization, unions. Because, unions work perfectly as long as people gather, the workers need to gather and stick together. BUT, as the third verse states, the boss and the company give out bribes to shut the workers up and make them side with the company, meaning that the work force cannot organize and demand better conditions.
All in all, I'd say Hornsby wants to spread light on how companies tries to own their work force and control it like dictators, and that the only way to fight back is for the work force to organize. However, there are always greedy people who only thinks of theirselves who cannot see the big picture. And those people destroys the work force by letting the bossman, the king of the hill, push them around.
Haha, forgot to tell you, I interpret the song this way cause I live like that. I have a job I hate and a boss who is just like the king of the hill. I try to organize the work force, but when the boss sees me doing so he rewards those I try to get on my side and punished me with the worst jobs possible to break my will.
Haha, forgot to tell you, I interpret the song this way cause I live like that. I have a job I hate and a boss who is just like the king of the hill. I try to organize the work force, but when the boss sees me doing so he rewards those I try to get on my side and punished me with the worst jobs possible to break my will.
Oh, and incidently, my boss looks EXACTLY like the man on the album cover :D
Oh, and incidently, my boss looks EXACTLY like the man on the album cover :D