As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
{I think this represents the fact that only what "you"
believe matters in your life, and listening to other people will just weigh you down, you can think of how parents can be highly controlling and don't let their kids experience certain things, or who make their kids afraid/upset because they disagree with everything he/she says simply because they're young. So from the beginning how people are already being restricted from what they can do or say}
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules{Basically the pressure of being in the middle, or being normal...results in anger..depression whatever}
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
{everyone is so fixed upon what's on a screen, or the end of the rainbow, too blind to realize they're not helping themselves, but making themselves feel worse}
The whole workingclass hero thing... i think it's ovbious John wanted people to not lot let capitalism get out of hand (which it has), because it's controlling the way we FEEL and ACT, like a child again and our parents..
As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
{I think this represents the fact that only what "you" believe matters in your life, and listening to other people will just weigh you down, you can think of how parents can be highly controlling and don't let their kids experience certain things, or who make their kids afraid/upset because they disagree with everything he/she says simply because they're young. So from the beginning how people are already being restricted from what they can do or say}
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules{Basically the pressure of being in the middle, or being normal...results in anger..depression whatever}
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see {everyone is so fixed upon what's on a screen, or the end of the rainbow, too blind to realize they're not helping themselves, but making themselves feel worse}
The whole workingclass hero thing... i think it's ovbious John wanted people to not lot let capitalism get out of hand (which it has), because it's controlling the way we FEEL and ACT, like a child again and our parents..
I think I got it down?