The verses are about a Auchwitz prisoner. They mentioned this in a few interviews.
"Libraries gave us power, then work came and made us free. What price now, for a bit of dignity"
"WORK MAKES YOU FREE" was the slogan of auchwitz. And libraries/education didn't give working class people the power they thought it would. It's a bit of dark humour about how screwed the working classes get, basically!
The choruses, in contrast are about the modern day working classes, celebrating life, and their freedom.
So, the lyrics are about the the persecution working class people survived (The Holocaust) and the freedom and hope they now enjoy. It's a celebration basically.
The verses are about a Auchwitz prisoner. They mentioned this in a few interviews.
"Libraries gave us power, then work came and made us free. What price now, for a bit of dignity"
"WORK MAKES YOU FREE" was the slogan of auchwitz. And libraries/education didn't give working class people the power they thought it would. It's a bit of dark humour about how screwed the working classes get, basically!
The choruses, in contrast are about the modern day working classes, celebrating life, and their freedom.
So, the lyrics are about the the persecution working class people survived (The Holocaust) and the freedom and hope they now enjoy. It's a celebration basically.