Promises Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Brainiax 

Cover art for Promises lyrics by Nero

I believe this is a depiction of a dystopian society similar to what is depicted in the novel, "1984". Society is being watched by "big brother" and are also controlled in every aspect of their lives to include emotions. It appears the female talks the male into deviating from the established protocol of that society as she has become in touch with her emotion, (hmmm sounds like the Biblical occurrence with Adam and Eve? Just sayin').

Anyway, in the video, the people are alienated from each other. They cannot even touch! Additionally, individualism is restricted by a government which has decided to control everything and take care of their needs to include self expression and emotion for each other.

Both decide to openly rebel and break the promises they have secretly made with each other fully knowing the consequences, probably hoping to ignite a spark of emotion in others in order to possibly topple the society of which they are living. Thus the promises they made with each other are a wast until they openly reveal to all that self expression and individual creativity are a good thing and should not be under control by the government they are under

. It appears they will pay a heavy price. Probably a lobotomy; speculative only of course.

I presume if this was actually made into a movie the main protagonist would be the female, and the secondary would be the male. I would also presume that both the male and female would find a way to overthrow this evil dystopian society by convincing others to be self reliant and not dependent on government to the point of relinquishing all freedoms, even the freedom to be self. It would have to be depicted in a futuristic type setting, say, 50 or 60 years from now; which is a possibility.

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