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Woke before the morning sun
I found it tucked beneath the hills
I sat and watched it rise
It hit the sky and burst to flames
The lotus flower's
Got me thinking bout the way we live
I've got this feeling
It's gonna stop
Driven by religion
Running backwards down a one way road
A course collision, split decision
Tryin' to save your soul
Manifest Destiny
Is just a fancy word for murder
I've got this feeling
It's gonna stop
[Chorus]
A billion faces running round my head
All got opinions but the don't mean shit
Keep droppin' bombs until the whole world's dead
They said it's all been done and it's all been said
They'll turn this message into a pop movement
A fascist statement, call it politics
You can't mark my words they'll put a spin on it
They say it's all been done
Look outside the box my friend
You heart's been dead since who knows when
It seems we've missed the mark
Lost all hope and given in
Pack up the suitcase
Take that handkerchief and wipe off your chin
The fear that drives you
Needs to be stopped
[Chorus]
Fell into a daze
And found my mind was gone and laid to waste
A battle ground indeed
Where holy wars have taken place
I saw the sun set watched it travel down
And tear you through the ground
The hate the drives us
Needs to be stopped
I found it tucked beneath the hills
I sat and watched it rise
It hit the sky and burst to flames
The lotus flower's
Got me thinking bout the way we live
I've got this feeling
It's gonna stop
Driven by religion
Running backwards down a one way road
A course collision, split decision
Tryin' to save your soul
Manifest Destiny
Is just a fancy word for murder
I've got this feeling
It's gonna stop
[Chorus]
A billion faces running round my head
All got opinions but the don't mean shit
Keep droppin' bombs until the whole world's dead
They said it's all been done and it's all been said
They'll turn this message into a pop movement
A fascist statement, call it politics
You can't mark my words they'll put a spin on it
They say it's all been done
Look outside the box my friend
You heart's been dead since who knows when
It seems we've missed the mark
Lost all hope and given in
Pack up the suitcase
Take that handkerchief and wipe off your chin
The fear that drives you
Needs to be stopped
[Chorus]
Fell into a daze
And found my mind was gone and laid to waste
A battle ground indeed
Where holy wars have taken place
I saw the sun set watched it travel down
And tear you through the ground
The hate the drives us
Needs to be stopped
Lyrics submitted by ThatHillKid
Track duration: 03:17
"Lotus" as written by Matt Shultz, Brad Shultz, Jared Champion, Daniel Tichenor, Lincoln Parish
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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"The Lotus flower's got me thinking about the way that we live."
In which the Buddha said after he picked up the lotus' inspiration:
"Like the lotus, you experience three primary stages of evolution. The first is marked by ignorance and darkness, when you lie below the dense mud - a closed chysalis - which, by nature of existence, will eventually be pulled upwards by the warmth of the Sun. The second is exemplified by the climb through the clouded waters of your emotional experience, yet still the flower reaches to the Sun, knowing no other destiny ... no other purpose. The third brings full illumination in the splendour of the light. The Lotus flower blossoms, baring its exquisite beauty to all those who are aware, enough to recognise God unfolding."
So, basically, I would say that the song is about how we have evolved and changed, religiously since then.
Its gonna stop refers to the new revolution going on, people rejecting the root views of our culture, its gotta stop explains itself at this point.
Join the revolution. And remember, Its gonna stop, either in catastrophe, or with a revolution in the thousands of different ways we can live successfully if we stopped trying to make everyone live successfully, and give up our claims of global ownership.
"Driven by religion, running backwards down a one-way road
I've caused collisions, big decisions trying to save your soul.
Manifest destiny is just a fancy word for murder.
I got this feeling, its gonna stop..."
This verse in particular shows me that this song is about the Iraq war.
"Driven by religion"- shows that we were supposedly in it for good intentions.
"Running backwards down a one-way road" - When the war started, we hurt rather than helped. We caused innocents to die everywhere.
"I've caused collisions, big decisions trying to save your soul" - We've fought trying to save the middle east
"Manifest destingy is just a fancy word for murder" - We invaded, hurt, and we thought it was for good, like the people who believed in manifest destiny
"I got this feeling it's gonna stop..." - The war eventually lost a lot of its support
The chorus for the song is honestly well explained by RaShock though. The rest of the song can be explained in the context of the war pretty easily, though.
Turn this message into a pop movement. A fashion statement, call it politics. You can mark my words they'll put a spin on it because its all been done." means? Like guys, you dont get it, the interpretations you are coming up with are what hes singing against, youre just putting his song to a political meaning, saying that it has to do with iraq? how about just put this song towards the idea of human nature and everything about it, no politics, no wars specific, just the destruction that humans cause over stupid things and the way we all think. By saying this song is about the iraq war is going against exactly what the song actually means. Gotta look a little deeper for the true meaning of his words.
"Manifest destingy is just a fancy word for murder" - still the best line ive heard in recent history.. besides "everytime, everyday, anyway, acid"
I've caused collisions, big decisions trying to save your soul.
Manifest destiny is just a fancy word for murder.
I got this feeling, its gonna stop..."
This is referring to the way religion has caused us only to regress further. "Running backwards down a one-way road" where progress is forward, and regressing would be backwards down said road.!
Religion has caused collisions (War), big decisions (could be referring to politics, and the way religion snakes it's way into the lives of everyone, via laws on abortion, gay marriage, etc.)
Manifest Destiny, if you don't know what that is, look it up.
"Turn this message into a pop movement. A fashion statement, call it politics. "
Here he's referring to how whenever someone brings up a valid point, it's shrugged off as some movement or statement, but it's never really considered. Call it politics (where nothing progressive ever gets done).
"You can mark my words they'll put a spin on it because its all been done."
Attempt to bring about some kind of progress and they'll put a spin on it.. even if you're a law-abiding citizen with something legitimate to say, those in charge don't want their perfect hierarchy to change for anybody. They'll make you look like a radical, change what you're saying and then nobody will support you. They'll spin what you said into something else. Look at Karl Marx.. he had legitimate ideas on how to better run a country, and when people started applying his ideas in real life there was unprecedented tension between countries, and wars resulting from an IDEA!
How do I know this is true????? Cause it's allllll beeeeen doneeeeeeeee. :)
They both portray political thoughts and views in their songs, but they hide them behind cleverly placed words and beats, making it fun to listen to, partially informative, and they really make you think when you get into the lyrics.
If you don't listen to Flobots, you should really check them out, they're amazing.
It's sad, really. I love the song, the way it sounds, but I hate the purpose of the lyrics. It's like a few Flobots songs that I like. They sound nice, but political view of the band is preventing me from fully appreciating the song.
"The lotus flowers got me thinkin 'bout the way that we live. I got this feeling, it's gonna stop."
--Christianity (religion) within America and the way that it affects most of its population as well as its direct influence in how we run politics, our country and/or what is deemed morally "right" or "wrong".
Could be a coincidence, though.
When hearing the lyrics "Driven by religion, running backwards down a one-way road" it sounds very much against religion. I think the idea of the lotus is to represent spiritual progression, and the idea that all religions themselves are wrong. They are cults, and generally only call every other religion wrong and their own right. Most of them, anyway. Buddhism seems closest to the truth, but all religions seem like they have some influences that are malevolent or at least a bit off.
I think the lotus the song speaks about is saying a spiritual progression will come forth, and everyone will riot and whatnot. Same for realising the government's control which will cause those who have already awakened and those who then awaken to start fighting back. It seems to be what all of Cage the Elephant is about. But I don't think it's supposed to mean that the character (or lead singer or whoever the song is first person to) saw "jesus" and saw the truth. Not sure if that's what you were implying, only giving my opinion.