| Rage Against the Machine – Killing In The Name Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this song is about the emotional process of dealing with corrupt authority. While in this song, this processes is expressed through the example for southern police corruption (KKK), it could be anything e.g. a parental figure, god etc.: "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" This is first finding out about that the authority you trusted is corrupt. "And now you do what they told ya" This is continuing to obey that authority out of habit and maybe necessity, but starting to question what you have always accepted out of blind faith. "Those who died...the chosen whites" This is hearing constant justification or the corrupt authority by the blind society that you were once a part of. "Some of those that work forces...ugh! Killing in the name of..!" This is when the knowledge of the authority's corruptness begins to turn from realization to acknowledgement, and then to disgust, primarily with the authority and the society that so willingly accepts it (but also with yourself for having been a part of that society). "And now you do what they told ya...Now you're under control.." This is continuing to obey the authority out of necessity, and realizing that you are not in secure standing if you don't continue to obey (now you're under control). It's realizing that they have you right where they want you. "Those who died...the chosen whites" This is, again, more justification from society and the authority. "Come on! Yeah, come on!" This is attempted coercion from the authority, which leads to: "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me...Motherfucker!" The final rejection of corrupt authority. The End. |
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| Stone Sour – Through Glass Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think it's about someone in a psychiatric hospital, on observation (or suicide watch). Alright, here we go, verse by verse: " I'm looking at you through the glass... Don't know how much time has passed Oh, god it feels like forever But no one ever tells you that forever Feels like home sitting all alone inside your head" They are being watched through a glass pane by various nurses, etc. Between the lack of clocks (dangerous, 'weapons') and complete artificial light it's impossible to track the passing of time-it could be hours, or only minutes. But normally, when someone gets to the point where they are not only hospitalized, but put on a 24 hour watch, they have been so locked inside their own heads for so long that it is the most comforting place for them to be. "How do you feel? That is the question But I forget, you don't expect an easy answer When something like a soul becomes Initialized and folded up like paper dolls and little notes You can't expect a bit of hope So while you're outside looking in Describing what you see Remember what you're staring at is me" This is about the ineffectiveness and lack of humanity in the psychiatric system. This person is constantly asked how they feel, but the customary 'good' is not an acceptable response. Taylor is saying that you can't breed hope by analyzing the soul of a person, and asking the doctors, nurses etc. to remember when they are conducting this analyzation that they are talking about a human being and not just a number, or list of symptoms. "How much is real? So much to question An epidemic of the mannequins Contaminating everything When thought came from the heart It never did right from the start Just listen to the noises (Null and void instead of voices) Before you tell yourself It's just a different scene Remember it's just different from what you've seen" I think there are two main, simultaneous themes to this verse. Long story short (skipping some details), one is that the patient is re-evaluating their entire outlook, and the other is that they are being so heavily medicated that while their symptoms are gone, so is their ability to think and truly function on a human level. |
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| Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This song is about a school shooting, but told from the perspective of the shooter. Long story short, isolated from society by the kids at school and his abusive father at home, a teenager loses it and goes on a 'killing spree', where he shoots the kids at school and later feeds them to his father ('Dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice') before perhaps shooting him as well. It's a very dark story, but I appreciate how it's juxtaposed with the catchy pop tune and dance beat. Can't judge a book, as they say... | |
| Three Days Grace – (I Hate) Everything About You Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This song is about abusive relationships. Whether it be between a parent and child, a boyfriend and girlfriend or any other derivative of these scenarios, and whether the abusive be sexual, physical or verbal, the victim hates how they are being treated, but has this irrational love for whoever is treating them that way. This song is about the confusion caused by these conflicting feelings within the victim. | |
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