Classic Maynard calling out the bad guys and leaving it up to us to pick them. Similar to how he did in Tool's Eulogy but also in many other songs. With APC's Eat the Elephant obviously having a lot of politically motivated content, this one feels Trump related to me. He's a well-documented liar. There are tons of those, but he's the loudest at this time. And he's very contrary. Anything Obama's white house did is the worst thing in the history of ever!! The heroin reference could refer to Trump's repeated mentioning of the war on addiction. A calculated move, because is he really going to do anything or is it just political posturing? I feel this tweet by Maynard the night in 2016 when Trump was elected is related: "We all deserve what comes next. Good luck."
@kcpee I don't believe it has anything to do directly with Trump. However I do know how much he aposes him. I do think this song, and much of the album have to do with the world's general atmosphere today. It's not necessarily directly political.
@kcpee I don't believe it has anything to do directly with Trump. However I do know how much he aposes him. I do think this song, and much of the album have to do with the world's general atmosphere today. It's not necessarily directly political.
I love the album as a whole, and do think that it's politically charged, more as a commentary on our current national climate socially, economically, politically, etc. but also dressed up with theatrical atmosphere to make it sound, for lack of a better adjective, sort of Smashing Pumpkinsy?... And I'd hate to say that anything coming out these days would have anything to do with DJT or his administration, but it really does sound like this song is about him... he is a contrarian, after all, and the descriptions given...
I love the album as a whole, and do think that it's politically charged, more as a commentary on our current national climate socially, economically, politically, etc. but also dressed up with theatrical atmosphere to make it sound, for lack of a better adjective, sort of Smashing Pumpkinsy?... And I'd hate to say that anything coming out these days would have anything to do with DJT or his administration, but it really does sound like this song is about him... he is a contrarian, after all, and the descriptions given in the lyrics just seem to lend to that idea. But uh... those lyrics up there, are we sure they're all correct? I'm hearing it like this:
Hello, he lied
Like velvet, this magician's sleight of tongue and hand
Hello, he lied
Beware, belie his smile
As warm and calculated as heroin
Beware the contrarian
Within everyone
A scale, a voice
Everyone but him
Core is black as pitch
Soul is out of tune
Advocate of none
Beware, belie his smile
Will cost you everything
Cloak and masquerade, his contemporary one
Hello, hello, he lied
Hello, he lied
Like velvet, this magician's sleight of tongue and hand
Hello, he lied
Beware, belie his smile
As warm and calculated as heroin
Beware the contrarian
Classic Maynard calling out the bad guys and leaving it up to us to pick them. Similar to how he did in Tool's Eulogy but also in many other songs. With APC's Eat the Elephant obviously having a lot of politically motivated content, this one feels Trump related to me. He's a well-documented liar. There are tons of those, but he's the loudest at this time. And he's very contrary. Anything Obama's white house did is the worst thing in the history of ever!! The heroin reference could refer to Trump's repeated mentioning of the war on addiction. A calculated move, because is he really going to do anything or is it just political posturing? I feel this tweet by Maynard the night in 2016 when Trump was elected is related: "We all deserve what comes next. Good luck."
@kcpee I don't believe it has anything to do directly with Trump. However I do know how much he aposes him. I do think this song, and much of the album have to do with the world's general atmosphere today. It's not necessarily directly political.
@kcpee I don't believe it has anything to do directly with Trump. However I do know how much he aposes him. I do think this song, and much of the album have to do with the world's general atmosphere today. It's not necessarily directly political.
"Good luck, you're on your own!" Hahaha!
"Good luck, you're on your own!" Hahaha!
I love the album as a whole, and do think that it's politically charged, more as a commentary on our current national climate socially, economically, politically, etc. but also dressed up with theatrical atmosphere to make it sound, for lack of a better adjective, sort of Smashing Pumpkinsy?... And I'd hate to say that anything coming out these days would have anything to do with DJT or his administration, but it really does sound like this song is about him... he is a contrarian, after all, and the descriptions given...
I love the album as a whole, and do think that it's politically charged, more as a commentary on our current national climate socially, economically, politically, etc. but also dressed up with theatrical atmosphere to make it sound, for lack of a better adjective, sort of Smashing Pumpkinsy?... And I'd hate to say that anything coming out these days would have anything to do with DJT or his administration, but it really does sound like this song is about him... he is a contrarian, after all, and the descriptions given in the lyrics just seem to lend to that idea. But uh... those lyrics up there, are we sure they're all correct? I'm hearing it like this:
Hello, he lied Like velvet, this magician's sleight of tongue and hand Hello, he lied Beware, belie his smile As warm and calculated as heroin Beware the contrarian
Within everyone A scale, a voice Everyone but him Core is black as pitch Soul is out of tune Advocate of none Beware, belie his smile Will cost you everything Cloak and masquerade, his contemporary one Hello, hello, he lied
Hello, he lied Like velvet, this magician's sleight of tongue and hand Hello, he lied Beware, belie his smile As warm and calculated as heroin Beware the contrarian