The song gives me the vague impression that it's about a societal system that promotes nationalism and callousness.
The society is represented by the factory or "Building where they make us grow", where the products of said society are convinced that the ideology that is being instilled in them is a positive thing, evidenced by the following stanzas.
"The sound of metal I want to be you
I should learn to be a man
Like you"
"I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me
Singing "I am an American"
Do you?"
I don't think that second one is meant to be a direct prod at America, but more of an example of national pride in general.
To be honest, the songs underlying message is unusually vague. The rest of the lines fit, and work with my interpretation, but only in so far as they don't contradict it. Those are the only two stanzas that really reveal a meaning in my opinion. Any other ideas?
I saw somebody (demeter) mention something about AI, which was a really interesting idea. That would make the song pretty conceptual, which isn't something outside of the pervue of Trents portfolio, but certainly isn't something he does often. Having said that, he didn't write the song, so anything goes, really.
The song gives me the vague impression that it's about a societal system that promotes nationalism and callousness.
The society is represented by the factory or "Building where they make us grow", where the products of said society are convinced that the ideology that is being instilled in them is a positive thing, evidenced by the following stanzas.
"The sound of metal I want to be you I should learn to be a man Like you"
"I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me Singing "I am an American" Do you?"
I don't think that second one is meant to be a direct prod at America, but more of an example of national pride in general.
To be honest, the songs underlying message is unusually vague. The rest of the lines fit, and work with my interpretation, but only in so far as they don't contradict it. Those are the only two stanzas that really reveal a meaning in my opinion. Any other ideas?
I saw somebody (demeter) mention something about AI, which was a really interesting idea. That would make the song pretty conceptual, which isn't something outside of the pervue of Trents portfolio, but certainly isn't something he does often. Having said that, he didn't write the song, so anything goes, really.