Running explores the inherent tension between alienation and solidarity, frustration and optimism, reality and possibility. The lyrics have a ‘the more things change the more they stay the same’ energy (endless running, diving into bottomless depths), but while this is undoubtedly a frustrated song, it’s offset by a stubborn refusal to stop. Running is tired, but it’s not exhausted. Movement has always been one of frontman Eddie Vedder's primary metaphors for change and possibility. If we stop, nothing changes, and they win.
The Dictator/ Love Hater or the Victrola Controller portion of the song strikes me as Eddie's perspective living under Trump running the country and controlling the "music." We're all living in the sewer below dealing with the darkness and sh** flushed our direction by him, although it could be any strongman boss figure.
The Dictator/ Love Hater or the Victrola Controller portion of the song strikes me as Eddie's perspective living under Trump running the country and controlling the "music." We're all living in the sewer below dealing with the darkness and sh** flushed our direction by him, although it could be any strongman boss figure.
It's making peace with the garbage, inevitable, depressed situation and running nonstop with your head up anyhow.
It's making peace with the garbage, inevitable, depressed situation and running nonstop with your head up anyhow.
Running explores the inherent tension between alienation and solidarity, frustration and optimism, reality and possibility. The lyrics have a ‘the more things change the more they stay the same’ energy (endless running, diving into bottomless depths), but while this is undoubtedly a frustrated song, it’s offset by a stubborn refusal to stop. Running is tired, but it’s not exhausted. Movement has always been one of frontman Eddie Vedder's primary metaphors for change and possibility. If we stop, nothing changes, and they win.
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The Dictator/ Love Hater or the Victrola Controller portion of the song strikes me as Eddie's perspective living under Trump running the country and controlling the "music." We're all living in the sewer below dealing with the darkness and sh** flushed our direction by him, although it could be any strongman boss figure.
The Dictator/ Love Hater or the Victrola Controller portion of the song strikes me as Eddie's perspective living under Trump running the country and controlling the "music." We're all living in the sewer below dealing with the darkness and sh** flushed our direction by him, although it could be any strongman boss figure.
It's making peace with the garbage, inevitable, depressed situation and running nonstop with your head up anyhow.
It's making peace with the garbage, inevitable, depressed situation and running nonstop with your head up anyhow.