Rise Against isn't as Anarchist as everyone seems to single them out to be. True they call for societal change and often criticize the American government, but many songs are more about people themselves, rather than the force which governs them.
This song, for example isn't about a revolution. It's about a man, late in his life, who is going through a mid-life crisis. For years, he's ignored what's going on around him as his "luck" or rather his youthful passion "ran out". With all the things that he simply lets happen, he can't even look at himself in the mirror anymore because he can't recognize the fight-for-nothing man he's become, and can't cope with the fact that he's going to die like that when he can still see reflections of the person he was before or wanted to be.
The narrator states that the mirrors, despite showing you what you look like, they can't see "our hearts", meaning that reflecting on your past may reflect who you were, but that doesn't have to be who you ARE right now. You are free to change yourself and restart whenever you choose, and you don't have to let your past define you.
Rise Against isn't as Anarchist as everyone seems to single them out to be. True they call for societal change and often criticize the American government, but many songs are more about people themselves, rather than the force which governs them.
This song, for example isn't about a revolution. It's about a man, late in his life, who is going through a mid-life crisis. For years, he's ignored what's going on around him as his "luck" or rather his youthful passion "ran out". With all the things that he simply lets happen, he can't even look at himself in the mirror anymore because he can't recognize the fight-for-nothing man he's become, and can't cope with the fact that he's going to die like that when he can still see reflections of the person he was before or wanted to be.
The narrator states that the mirrors, despite showing you what you look like, they can't see "our hearts", meaning that reflecting on your past may reflect who you were, but that doesn't have to be who you ARE right now. You are free to change yourself and restart whenever you choose, and you don't have to let your past define you.