first of all, great song, and a very 'signature' Bad Religion song
I think travymurdron has most of the key themes laid out pretty well. I'd just like to add the following:
the passage that goes:
"When the kids are united they can never be divided
But that was yesterday
There's a brand new sham to today"
is more a nod to the past and clever wordplay more than anything...the first line is a famous lyric from a Sham 69 song. and then of course he notes that it is (unfortunately) not THAT kinda sham today that we face today
the part that goes:
"Let's say we try to get this right
Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ
And when the old fox fearing the worst
Made his entrance in a hearse
Then the nine in black robes all went berserk
This is a tale of robin hood in reverse"
the first two lines he is echoing/reinforcing the sentiment from verse one...a plutocrat is one who obtains political power thru sheer wealth...it could well be a refernece to Mitt Romney or simply a more general comment on how horribly twisted and intertwined religion, politics and money have become in American politics. The 'old fox' I dunno, I thought of Rupert Murdoch (Fox News creator/owner and a corrupt piece of shit) but that might be a reach. The '9 in black' are the supreme court and the robin hood reference is obvious (but very apt) I think. Great song
first of all, great song, and a very 'signature' Bad Religion song
I think travymurdron has most of the key themes laid out pretty well. I'd just like to add the following:
the passage that goes:
"When the kids are united they can never be divided But that was yesterday There's a brand new sham to today"
is more a nod to the past and clever wordplay more than anything...the first line is a famous lyric from a Sham 69 song. and then of course he notes that it is (unfortunately) not THAT kinda sham today that we face today
the part that goes:
"Let's say we try to get this right Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ And when the old fox fearing the worst Made his entrance in a hearse Then the nine in black robes all went berserk This is a tale of robin hood in reverse"
the first two lines he is echoing/reinforcing the sentiment from verse one...a plutocrat is one who obtains political power thru sheer wealth...it could well be a refernece to Mitt Romney or simply a more general comment on how horribly twisted and intertwined religion, politics and money have become in American politics. The 'old fox' I dunno, I thought of Rupert Murdoch (Fox News creator/owner and a corrupt piece of shit) but that might be a reach. The '9 in black' are the supreme court and the robin hood reference is obvious (but very apt) I think. Great song