we can imagine a new world which dominant culture has done a horredously good job of demonizing as "misbehaving."
the tension between our culture and change is presented again through the chorus. "everytime we close our eyes (lies, lies!)". here win's talking about the struggle of dreaming when everyone around you will brush you aside as an idealist. i hear the dominant culture's voice in the "lies, lies" telling me that it is fruitless to search for something better, telling me that i should just shut my eyes and give in, but that's giving in-and we must never give in.
this tension goes deeper though-because it is easy to simply dream of a better world and again get stuck in passivity and compliance. dreaming, too, becomes a form of giving in, and yet it is impossible to dream without sleep (unless you're daydreaming...), so simply by removing yourself from the world to find something better, you are necessarily removing yourself. the trick is to find the balance between acting and dreaming.
i think that Win is presenting several different manners in which we hide from the culture-underneath the covers. win is setting up another tension between stanzas 5-8 (which are presenting the listener with manner's in which we both hide from the culture-and the necessity of that hiding to rejuvinate yourself in the struggle) and the final call and responses:
Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the moon, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the moon it's alright (Lies!)
whereas the stanzas that describe lovers, brothers, night and light hiding (or being hid) underneath the covers all function under the idea of fear, these final lines are the great realization that we don't have to be afraid to be who we are during the day, night, with our lovers, or with our family. again, dominant culture is there in the backgroud yelling that that freedom is all lies.
when we are free, our world lives wherever we are so long as we are willing to see the world for what it is.
while mostly agree with cowbrain's analysis, i wholeheartedly disagree with his/her statement that "The point of the song is pretty much that it's fine if you want to just tune everything out. You'll probably be happier that way "
i feel s/he missing the whole point of the cd (no offense cowbrain)-we cannot tune everything out. we must "Wake Up" because "the power's out in the heart of man." our generation has been lulled into submission. you have to "take it from your heart and put it in your hand" (it being shared feelings) and we musn't be afraid to live. We mustn't be afraid to see.
The song title is Rebellion (Lies). The rebellion is against this sleeping in. It is against "tuning everything out." It is a rebellion for feeling when our culture is increasingly telling us that we should "like the peace in the backseat" and remain "underneath the covers"-passive and uncaring (a numbness described in Wake Up and Power Out).
This song ties the rest of the cd together. A masterpiece.">
Rebellion (Lies) Meanings & Lyrics Discussion | SongMeanings
we can imagine a new world which dominant culture has done a horredously good job of demonizing as "misbehaving."
the tension between our culture and change is presented again through the chorus. "everytime we close our eyes (lies, lies!)". here win's talking about the struggle of dreaming when everyone around you will brush you aside as an idealist. i hear the dominant culture's voice in the "lies, lies" telling me that it is fruitless to search for something better, telling me that i should just shut my eyes and give in, but that's giving in-and we must never give in.
this tension goes deeper though-because it is easy to simply dream of a better world and again get stuck in passivity and compliance. dreaming, too, becomes a form of giving in, and yet it is impossible to dream without sleep (unless you're daydreaming...), so simply by removing yourself from the world to find something better, you are necessarily removing yourself. the trick is to find the balance between acting and dreaming.
i think that Win is presenting several different manners in which we hide from the culture-underneath the covers. win is setting up another tension between stanzas 5-8 (which are presenting the listener with manner's in which we both hide from the culture-and the necessity of that hiding to rejuvinate yourself in the struggle) and the final call and responses:
Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the moon, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the moon it's alright (Lies!)
whereas the stanzas that describe lovers, brothers, night and light hiding (or being hid) underneath the covers all function under the idea of fear, these final lines are the great realization that we don't have to be afraid to be who we are during the day, night, with our lovers, or with our family. again, dominant culture is there in the backgroud yelling that that freedom is all lies.
when we are free, our world lives wherever we are so long as we are willing to see the world for what it is.
while mostly agree with cowbrain's analysis, i wholeheartedly disagree with his/her statement that "The point of the song is pretty much that it's fine if you want to just tune everything out. You'll probably be happier that way "
i feel s/he missing the whole point of the cd (no offense cowbrain)-we cannot tune everything out. we must "Wake Up" because "the power's out in the heart of man." our generation has been lulled into submission. you have to "take it from your heart and put it in your hand" (it being shared feelings) and we musn't be afraid to live. We mustn't be afraid to see.
The song title is Rebellion (Lies). The rebellion is against this sleeping in. It is against "tuning everything out." It is a rebellion for feeling when our culture is increasingly telling us that we should "like the peace in the backseat" and remain "underneath the covers"-passive and uncaring (a numbness described in Wake Up and Power Out).
This song ties the rest of the cd together. A masterpiece." />
this song is about the tension between striving for a new world and existing in the current one. in this consumeristic Western world, our culture encourages us to sleep (see cowbrain's anaylsis of this) so that we aren't aware of the atrocities that are happening to support our ways of life. so, we must keep our eyes open-even if they are weary from seeing so much. it is our responsibility as human beings to do so.
People say that your dreams
are the only things that save ya.
Come on baby in our dreams,
we can live our misbehavior.
yet-we must be able to envision-dream-of a better way to live. Action without vision only produces more destruction-only perpetuates the cultural violence present throughout our world. "in our dreams, we can live our misbehaviors"->we can imagine a new world which dominant culture has done a horredously good job of demonizing as "misbehaving."
the tension between our culture and change is presented again through the chorus. "everytime we close our eyes (lies, lies!)". here win's talking about the struggle of dreaming when everyone around you will brush you aside as an idealist. i hear the dominant culture's voice in the "lies, lies" telling me that it is fruitless to search for something better, telling me that i should just shut my eyes and give in, but that's giving in-and we must never give in.
this tension goes deeper though-because it is easy to simply dream of a better world and again get stuck in passivity and compliance. dreaming, too, becomes a form of giving in, and yet it is impossible to dream without sleep (unless you're daydreaming...), so simply by removing yourself from the world to find something better, you are necessarily removing yourself. the trick is to find the balance between acting and dreaming.
i think that Win is presenting several different manners in which we hide from the culture-underneath the covers. win is setting up another tension between stanzas 5-8 (which are presenting the listener with manner's in which we both hide from the culture-and the necessity of that hiding to rejuvinate yourself in the struggle) and the final call and responses:
Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the moon, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies!)
Now here's the moon it's alright (Lies!)
whereas the stanzas that describe lovers, brothers, night and light hiding (or being hid) underneath the covers all function under the idea of fear, these final lines are the great realization that we don't have to be afraid to be who we are during the day, night, with our lovers, or with our family. again, dominant culture is there in the backgroud yelling that that freedom is all lies.
when we are free, our world lives wherever we are so long as we are willing to see the world for what it is.
while mostly agree with cowbrain's analysis, i wholeheartedly disagree with his/her statement that "The point of the song is pretty much that it's fine if you want to just tune everything out. You'll probably be happier that way "
i feel s/he missing the whole point of the cd (no offense cowbrain)-we cannot tune everything out. we must "Wake Up" because "the power's out in the heart of man." our generation has been lulled into submission. you have to "take it from your heart and put it in your hand" (it being shared feelings) and we musn't be afraid to live. We mustn't be afraid to see.
The song title is Rebellion (Lies). The rebellion is against this sleeping in. It is against "tuning everything out." It is a rebellion for feeling when our culture is increasingly telling us that we should "like the peace in the backseat" and remain "underneath the covers"-passive and uncaring (a numbness described in Wake Up and Power Out).
This song ties the rest of the cd together. A masterpiece.
this song is about the tension between striving for a new world and existing in the current one. in this consumeristic Western world, our culture encourages us to sleep (see cowbrain's anaylsis of this) so that we aren't aware of the atrocities that are happening to support our ways of life. so, we must keep our eyes open-even if they are weary from seeing so much. it is our responsibility as human beings to do so.
People say that your dreams are the only things that save ya. Come on baby in our dreams, we can live our misbehavior.
yet-we must be able to envision-dream-of a better way to live. Action without vision only produces more destruction-only perpetuates the cultural violence present throughout our world. "in our dreams, we can live our misbehaviors"->we can imagine a new world which dominant culture has done a horredously good job of demonizing as "misbehaving."
the tension between our culture and change is presented again through the chorus. "everytime we close our eyes (lies, lies!)". here win's talking about the struggle of dreaming when everyone around you will brush you aside as an idealist. i hear the dominant culture's voice in the "lies, lies" telling me that it is fruitless to search for something better, telling me that i should just shut my eyes and give in, but that's giving in-and we must never give in.
this tension goes deeper though-because it is easy to simply dream of a better world and again get stuck in passivity and compliance. dreaming, too, becomes a form of giving in, and yet it is impossible to dream without sleep (unless you're daydreaming...), so simply by removing yourself from the world to find something better, you are necessarily removing yourself. the trick is to find the balance between acting and dreaming.
i think that Win is presenting several different manners in which we hide from the culture-underneath the covers. win is setting up another tension between stanzas 5-8 (which are presenting the listener with manner's in which we both hide from the culture-and the necessity of that hiding to rejuvinate yourself in the struggle) and the final call and responses: Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies!) Now here's the moon, it's alright! (Lies!) Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies!) Now here's the moon it's alright (Lies!) whereas the stanzas that describe lovers, brothers, night and light hiding (or being hid) underneath the covers all function under the idea of fear, these final lines are the great realization that we don't have to be afraid to be who we are during the day, night, with our lovers, or with our family. again, dominant culture is there in the backgroud yelling that that freedom is all lies.
when we are free, our world lives wherever we are so long as we are willing to see the world for what it is.
while mostly agree with cowbrain's analysis, i wholeheartedly disagree with his/her statement that "The point of the song is pretty much that it's fine if you want to just tune everything out. You'll probably be happier that way "
i feel s/he missing the whole point of the cd (no offense cowbrain)-we cannot tune everything out. we must "Wake Up" because "the power's out in the heart of man." our generation has been lulled into submission. you have to "take it from your heart and put it in your hand" (it being shared feelings) and we musn't be afraid to live. We mustn't be afraid to see.
The song title is Rebellion (Lies). The rebellion is against this sleeping in. It is against "tuning everything out." It is a rebellion for feeling when our culture is increasingly telling us that we should "like the peace in the backseat" and remain "underneath the covers"-passive and uncaring (a numbness described in Wake Up and Power Out).
This song ties the rest of the cd together. A masterpiece.