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You're keeping in step
In the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
Because you do
What you're told
But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold
Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?
What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine
Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?
So naive
To keep holding on to what I want to believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on
Will you bite the hand that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
In the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
Because you do
What you're told
But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold
Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?
What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine
Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?
So naive
To keep holding on to what I want to believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on
Will you bite the hand that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Lyrics submitted by Angie Christ
Track duration: 03:32
"The Hand That Feeds" as written by Trent Reznor
Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
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It's name is a reference to the bible.
That's what it's all about.
You have problems man.
Here is a page that explains 100% exactly what I believe.
BlueWaffle.biz
It might be a bit more scientific than you're used to so feel free to comeback and tell me what you think about it.
1Priest1Nun.com
much more appropriate.
I only have one user name dumbass.
I was never trying to discredit organized religion...
Do you want me to?
I'm not generalizing about Christians as individuals. Almost my whole family is Christian and they're all very intellegent, wonderful, understanding people who accept me for who I am, regardless of my beliefs.
YOU are getting insanely defensive. You're also confusing when I say "The Church," I'm not talking about the actual building, or wherever you go to on Sundays. I'm talking about religion as an organization to control a populous.
Man, you are dense.
He's just talking out his ass. A teenager who thinks he's clever.
I hate when I get reeled in like that and I start typing all fast. My poor poor keyboard can't take much more of this. Guh.
I'm gonna go have a smoke and take the lords name in vain a few times. That always cheers up us atheists.
What am I meant to be backing up exactly?
That's what the song is about. IMO.
It's not really a question you can get wrong.
Why are you so butthurt about jesus?
But I didn't think the church allowed homosexuality, or has that changed?
I'm black. What difference does it make?
But I'm not christian either.
Not a jew not a muslim.
The Hand That Feeds questions whether you should follow the rules of society for a comfortable life and continue believing the lies which control our culture or rebel and live by your own means.
How old are you?
And then I can tell you exactly what I mean.
You see Johnny, society has grown since the industrial revolution. As industry grew so too did the population. Unfortunately the resources we rely in in industry are all running out so that means the population is going to have to take a big downsizing.
All of your culture (what I mean is all that TV you watch, you don't actually have any culture) is based on bullshit and will be useless if you ever need to be self reliant. Everything has become so easy for the human animal that laziness both physically and mentally is far too easy to get away with. Stupidity and Obesity are on a steady rise and these types of people are thriving and breeding.
The government doesn't give a shit. They're just trying to keep up the façade for long enough to secure themselves from rebellion. Government has never been about freedom. It's always been about restriction. Not all laws are correct. Not everything done is in the favour of the people. Most things are done for the profit of the super rich are those with military power.
There's many things.. I could explain more but I used an umbrella term expecting you to have the wisdom to figure out what I meant on your own. Seems however you are a jackass. You're a pretty shitty troll and you reek of high school.
will you stay down on your knees?
its simply, blowjobs
But having read that With Teeth was influenced by Reznor's battle with drugs, I first viewed it in that light.
you're keeping in step
in the line
got your chin held high and you feel just fine
because you do
what you're told
but inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold
//this section seems political, yes, but it could also be viewed as being happy in a way, with a drug high or addiction, but not really being truly happy (the black and hollow heart).
just how deep do you believe? //do you think that this is really the answer to happiness or whatever it is you seek?
will you bite the hand that feeds? //can you kick the addiction? can you turn on it?
will you chew until it bleeds? //can you keep it up, stay off drugs?
can you get up off your knees? //will you get out of your addiction?
are you brave enough to see? //can you see this isn't truly anything?
do you want to change it? //do you want to get out of here?
So yeah, political yes, but I think it could be viewed this way, too.
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?"
It sounds like he's calling out all the moderate liberals on their acquiescence because in the end they usually wouldn't turn their back on what gives them privilege. So how can they truly believe when they are too willing to submit themselves to the status quo? Considering it was pretty much the halo 18 album and the time it was released, he could be calling out Bush with the war in Iran, Zionists with the Israeli Palestinian war, or heck the complete racism/elitism/sexism clause that came with the Bush era.