Clenching The Fists Of Dissent Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Kingofstilport 

Cover art for Clenching The Fists Of Dissent lyrics by Machine Head

A ten-minute opening track that starts with some gentle acoustic mixed with garbled radio messages that sound as if they’re from the Middle East, this song is a harsh critique of American politics in the post 9/11 world. More specifically, it calls out the fetishization of war against people from the Middle East after 9/11 and the Republican Party's dominant narrative of vengeance against these people in the wake of 9/11. They use the fear of 9/11 to keep the American people in fear, all to fuel the war effort; The war is just a disguise for them to steal oil. Justifying the spilling of innocent blood over oil by hiding it in the fear of terrorism.

Negative
Subjective
Anger
Politics
War
Fear
Manipulation
Oil