Pretty awesome lyrics for this album all around. The general vibe is of non-conformism; a certain cynicism towards contemporary life: fleeting relationships, consumerism, among others.
In this case, I get the feeling that the writer is talking about the realization that he no longer desires to pursue a life that is sold or presented to him as a "promised land".
"One little brick, then another,
and I will build that wall anyway"
(Reference to Roger Waters? Perhaps too farfetched)
In any case he prefers peaceful isolation to living something that he considers a lie.
I think two parts are key to the general feeling of looking contemporary life with a critical eye:
"Look around where we are, who we are
What we always want
Twenty-four, seven, three sixty-five
Sometimes little more
I was chasing your shadow,
not knowing I'd become your slave"
To me, this is clearly a reference to the "frantic day by day" lives we live.
What the hell do we want?
Chasing a shadow (see mainstream - conformist fed ideal) to only become a "new generation slave".
And this one:
"I've said a farewell to never-ending smiles
I did not look good in red
From my place I can finally see
how much of this shade I called myself was me,
and what was left behind"
For me, saying farewell to never-ending smiles, is seeing how much of a lie is the whole "feel good, be happy and keep on living life like nothing happens" belief we are so made to believe.
Now he sees what a lie, a shadow he himself was for believing that.
Pretty awesome lyrics for this album all around. The general vibe is of non-conformism; a certain cynicism towards contemporary life: fleeting relationships, consumerism, among others.
In this case, I get the feeling that the writer is talking about the realization that he no longer desires to pursue a life that is sold or presented to him as a "promised land".
"One little brick, then another, and I will build that wall anyway"
(Reference to Roger Waters? Perhaps too farfetched) In any case he prefers peaceful isolation to living something that he considers a lie.
I think two parts are key to the general feeling of looking contemporary life with a critical eye:
"Look around where we are, who we are What we always want Twenty-four, seven, three sixty-five Sometimes little more I was chasing your shadow, not knowing I'd become your slave"
To me, this is clearly a reference to the "frantic day by day" lives we live. What the hell do we want? Chasing a shadow (see mainstream - conformist fed ideal) to only become a "new generation slave".
And this one:
"I've said a farewell to never-ending smiles I did not look good in red From my place I can finally see how much of this shade I called myself was me, and what was left behind"
For me, saying farewell to never-ending smiles, is seeing how much of a lie is the whole "feel good, be happy and keep on living life like nothing happens" belief we are so made to believe. Now he sees what a lie, a shadow he himself was for believing that.
Just saying.