Portugal the Man is one of my all time favorite bands and this is one of my favorite songs. Listening to the lyrics I thought it was obviously about war. However after watching the music video I slowly realized that this song is not meant to be taken so literal.
I think it talks about how corrupt the government truly is, not just because of war.
The line "I'm a president's son..." I think it's expressing us as citizens under the order of our president, not literally a "president's son" but the group of citizens.
This song is symbolically representing how brainwashed citizens are and how we are blindly following the orders from the corrupt leaders of our government. (shown in the music video when he was blindfolded.) I think People Say has a deep meaning and the band tries to convey the message that it's all "about war.." but after analyzing the lyrics it is a lot more about the corruption of our government and how citizens are doing nothing about it, we are brainwashed to believe that it is okay.
Portugal the Man is one of my all time favorite bands and this is one of my favorite songs. Listening to the lyrics I thought it was obviously about war. However after watching the music video I slowly realized that this song is not meant to be taken so literal. I think it talks about how corrupt the government truly is, not just because of war. The line "I'm a president's son..." I think it's expressing us as citizens under the order of our president, not literally a "president's son" but the group of citizens. This song is symbolically representing how brainwashed citizens are and how we are blindly following the orders from the corrupt leaders of our government. (shown in the music video when he was blindfolded.) I think People Say has a deep meaning and the band tries to convey the message that it's all "about war.." but after analyzing the lyrics it is a lot more about the corruption of our government and how citizens are doing nothing about it, we are brainwashed to believe that it is okay.