I think this song describes modern life and our reliance on modern forms of communication as a barrier (reflektor) to actually living life.
We are living, but not really living; communicating with each other, but not really communicating with each other; we are experiencing life only through digital images and the darkness of a white computer screen, instead of actually going out and living it. We have become words on a screen.
Such modern forms of communication, like Facebook, are supposed to make establishing real connections with other people easier. Instead what they tend to do is end up reflecting the person's own individual tastes and ego thus creating an loathing barrier to real life.
Indeed, towards the end of the song "Thought you were praying to the resurrector / Turns out it was just a Reflektor" expands fully on this theme of alienation through modern technology. The most well known resurrector is of course Jesus (whether you believe in that aspect of religion or not, you cannot doubt his "fame) Jesus is, of course, also known as the saviour. Internet technology was once hailed as the saviour. But here, in this song, it becomes more like a barrier; the Reflektor - the space between the living and the dead. The space between actually being alive and just being words on a screen.
Incidentally, do the opening lines "Trapped in a prison, in a prism of light" refer to the NSA's PRISM programme to monitor internet communications?
I think this song describes modern life and our reliance on modern forms of communication as a barrier (reflektor) to actually living life.
We are living, but not really living; communicating with each other, but not really communicating with each other; we are experiencing life only through digital images and the darkness of a white computer screen, instead of actually going out and living it. We have become words on a screen.
Such modern forms of communication, like Facebook, are supposed to make establishing real connections with other people easier. Instead what they tend to do is end up reflecting the person's own individual tastes and ego thus creating an loathing barrier to real life.
Indeed, towards the end of the song "Thought you were praying to the resurrector / Turns out it was just a Reflektor" expands fully on this theme of alienation through modern technology. The most well known resurrector is of course Jesus (whether you believe in that aspect of religion or not, you cannot doubt his "fame) Jesus is, of course, also known as the saviour. Internet technology was once hailed as the saviour. But here, in this song, it becomes more like a barrier; the Reflektor - the space between the living and the dead. The space between actually being alive and just being words on a screen.
Incidentally, do the opening lines "Trapped in a prison, in a prism of light" refer to the NSA's PRISM programme to monitor internet communications?
"We've all got things to hide" indeed.