When I think about it more carefully, I begin to feel this one as many other of their songs has layers I am only scratching and catching glimpses of.
Yes, of course, this associates with politicians, the dishonest ones as well.
I got this one while I was thinking about Peterson-Zizek debate (prior to the event itself). I think I see Peterson as pro-humanity, while I see Zizek's view (of which I don't know very much about to be honest) as very cynical and a bit misanthropic (of course this is only my impression). So in the light of this a naive part of my mind interprets this lyrics as it is- the contrarian, one of us that contradicts, that spites the common beliefs (something I find in myself at times) and does that for destructive purposes, not creative. We should be aware and beware the people that are like that around us as well as the contrarian within us.
On the other hand, I can't just outrightly discard ANYTHING Zizek is talking about. I am sure there are warnings and lessons all of us can learn from his thoughts. SO, at the other layer, 'beware' is maybe put ironically. It's easy to discard a contradicting opinion even when it's something we could actually benefit from.
When I think about it more carefully, I begin to feel this one as many other of their songs has layers I am only scratching and catching glimpses of. Yes, of course, this associates with politicians, the dishonest ones as well. I got this one while I was thinking about Peterson-Zizek debate (prior to the event itself). I think I see Peterson as pro-humanity, while I see Zizek's view (of which I don't know very much about to be honest) as very cynical and a bit misanthropic (of course this is only my impression). So in the light of this a naive part of my mind interprets this lyrics as it is- the contrarian, one of us that contradicts, that spites the common beliefs (something I find in myself at times) and does that for destructive purposes, not creative. We should be aware and beware the people that are like that around us as well as the contrarian within us. On the other hand, I can't just outrightly discard ANYTHING Zizek is talking about. I am sure there are warnings and lessons all of us can learn from his thoughts. SO, at the other layer, 'beware' is maybe put ironically. It's easy to discard a contradicting opinion even when it's something we could actually benefit from.