Disturbed – Liberate

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  General Comment:Sometimes I think the verses are directed towards republicans and how narrow-minded they are. It would make sense because they are all democrats but I'm pretty sure this song is more religious than political.

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    You're hilarious. Both political parties are the same...dishonest, rich, arrogant, etc. Individuals are narrow-minded, not political parties. And if you're talking about following teachings of God, people are not "narrow minded." They are Christian. And they're supposed to follow even those teachings that the secular world (which tends not to be inclusive, tollerant, and diverse as it would like us to believe) detests. By the way, I attend church with MANY democrats. And many are pro-life and against "gay marriage." (in quotes because in the eyes of God it simply cannot exist).

    Flag BringOntheMusic2012on January 12, 2013  
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  General Comment:To reiterate: It is not a Jesus song or an anti-religious song. It is an anti-people who look into the future for redemption song. Don't be clouded by your own misconceptions of the world, or seeing darkness in a normal blue sky. Everything's AOK now. Instead of hoping for things to get better, lets just do it!
  
  And not everyone hates us! And for those that do: Fvuck you! (this whole belief in redemption is due to all the persecutions we've gone through.) Just don't live your life in fear. (as a wise green man once said, fear leads to anger and hatred...)

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  General Comment:Oh u guys are so narrowminded.
  
  I'm considering a few things when making my assumption:
  
  1) The lead singer is Jewish and raised religious (as was I)
  2) He went to Yeshivas (Jewish day schools) for most of his childhood and was taught the same spiel that I was
  3) He couldn't see his grandfather because he decided to become non-religious (ie: being on the interwebs on Shavuot which is today)
  
  In school, we were taught that eventually a messiah will eventually rise up and free us from persecution and hatred. Timelines vary, but it usually coincides with the year 6000 (kinda like the Mayan calendar, but we've been updating this list. I think it was supposed to of happened over a hundred years ago). This will all be done by god and whatnot. But this thinking leads to many religious jews to being closed-minded and resenting towards others that do not believe in their dogmas. In their eyes, society is 'darkened' (hence the lyric) by all the 'perverse' that exists (don't even ask me what this means, as this seems to vary). This even translates into politics by some uber religious sects that protest Israel because it wasn't created by that phantom messiah (Contrary to popular belief, Israel is a very non-religious country)
  
  So the song is really simple: Abandon the idea of a messiah to rescue us..."How long have we been waiting?"
  
  This really applies to all religions. Its just easier to understand when you got his perspective.
  
  
  Cheerio!
  

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    Some edits:
    
    6000 does not mean AD. Its Jewish year. Its 5771 now, so within 229 years....
    
    Most people don't know we believe in messiahs. Its the most prevalent thing in our religion today (the idea of someone that will save us from this 'blackened' world.) Historically, we've had our share of false messiahs
    
    Just to demonstrate, this song is one of the most popular ones today. Moshiach = Messiah
    
    Am yisroel, have no fear
    Moshiach will be here this year
    Am yisroel, have no fear
    Moshiach will be here this year
    
    We want moshiach now
    We want moshiach now
    We want moshiach now
    We don't want to wait
    
    We want moshiach now
    We want moshiach now
    We want moshiach now
    We don't want to wait
    
    
    So yeah...its pretty prevalent. There's even a popular sect that believes that their head rabbi who passed away about 20 years ago is messiah and will be reincarnated somehow. They are the ones who have synagogues in places without a single jewish person. They're not bad people. They did a lot of help in the Japan relief effort, and they do a lot of community service. Just their ideas are a bit out there...

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  General Comment:i don't think the song is anti god, but its definitely not pro-religion. i think religion and god don't have to be hand in hand.

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  My Interpretation:I don't get how anyone could think that this song is in any way positive towards god. I agree with KoRn to a point... to me this song is saying think for yourself.
  "Liberate your mind
  You motherfucker you're so narrow-minded
  So narrow-minded
  So liberate your mind"
  
  And that bottling hate inside (because of christian morals)
  "all this hate in your heart
  will be leaving you blind"
  will cause it to burst out at once and leave you blinded by it.
  
  "Waiting, for your modern messiah,
  To take away all the hatred
  That darkens the light in your eye.
  Still are waiting, I"
  Means christians keep waiting for their "modern messiah" (jesus coming back) "To take away all the hatred, That darkens the light in your eye" is useless. He's not coming, we should take care of our own problems. It's not saying just take care of yourself, help others when you can but don't rely on a god who does nothing.
  
  "Out of Zion shall come forth a law
  And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem
  Nation shall not raise sword against nation
  And they shall not learn war anymore
  For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken"
  Is god saying there will be no more war (but what da'ya know there still is war).
  
  To me this song says think for yourself, don't mindlessly follow a god who does nothing or has no power or simply doesn't care.(By the way I'm atheist but I still agree whith this song).

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  General Comment:I love you all =)

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  General Comment:First of all, some of the Christians on this board need to realize that the singer is Jewish so all of you who said this song is in some way about Jesus are completely wrong.
  
  My guess is that this is an anti-war song, and the narrow-minded people mentioned in the song are the ones who use religion to justify violence, whether it's a Muslim terrorist or a Christian who says "God is on our side" during war. I think he's saying they are all wrong - that war in wrong. I think the last verse is the main message of the song and that most people are missing it.

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  General Comment:How hard is it to see that this song was an attack on Christian Fundamentalism.

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  Song Meaning:A lot of people commenting say that this song is either anti-religious, or that it's about how people SHOULD open their mind to religion.
  
  Personally, I think the song has very little to do with religion, and a lot to do with man's greatest sin; narrow-mindedness.
  
  A lot of conflicts in the world today - whether they're as small as a fight on the playground at an elementary school, or as big as war - stem from one reason; narrow-mindedness. Because people refuse to open their minds to new ideas or ways of thinking, they believe that people who are different must be wrong, and so they make fun of or hurt them. And in the song, David is basically telling people to "Liberate their minds", and refers to those closed-minded people as "motherfuckers".
  
  As for the whole "modern Messiah" part... Well, I think that's saying that people are waiting for Jesus to come and "take away all the hatred". But we don't KNOW when Jesus will rise again, so we need to change our way of thinking NOW, and not wait for him to do it for us. Jesus helps those that help themselves, after all.

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  General Comment:Wow some people are just clueless.
  
  A: Song is clearly anti-religious
  
  Having been a former christian I find this song very uplifting because I "Liberated" my mind from the hatred that most religion brings. Hatred of other religion, hatred of those who the bible dictates as "sinners" such as homosexuals and other such hatred. It is saying that if we as humanity get rid of religious oppression and stop waiting for some "messiah" to fix all our problems, we will then have peace and no more hatred.
  
  "Waiting for your modern messiah
  To take away all the hatred
  That darkens the light in "YOUR" eye
  Still awaiting I,"
  
  It's saying that all religions think that everyone else is causing the hatred, yet in most cases they are the ones causing it.
  
  Long story short "THINK FOR YOURSELF" don't believe everything you read or are taught. Anyone can be a sheep.
  
  IMO, I'm sure a lot of people won't like it, but what the hell, I like to think for myself.

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