I would agree that the main theme is American Consumerism/Dream and how it is sold to the populace, forcing them to conform.
"call that flight of the water boys, meet and greet and they all slap five, cheek to cheek when they colonize, and a grown ass man shall abide as he wish, walk that path with a dime and a stick, walk that path with a diamond and wine, walk that path to the firing line, just walk"
I interpreted "water boys" to mean office workers talking around the water cooler. They are the people who have bought into this idea and are now working together to sell it to the rest of society, "cheek to cheek when they colonize". The next line I think is the saying, "we don't care what you have wether its a dime and a stick meaning you are poor or diamond and wine meaning rich you must conform and seek the same thing and it doesn't matter what "that thing" is, what matters is you listen to us.
Also to support this idea about american consumerism being the theme of the song is the video, in which he portrays the world being taking over by zombies, vampires, and werewolves. After the first verse it shows a group called "the Rebellion" subtitled as "Earths last chance", the group is made up of children. It says that the the Rebellion was quickly defeated. I took this as aesop saying that children are immune to this culture giving us hope but they are quickly turned into conforming brand loyal zombies themselves. Anyway just some of my thoughts. Love the song though, having just found Aesop Rock (itunes finally suggested something I liked for a change) I really am enjoying his artistic style.
I would agree that the main theme is American Consumerism/Dream and how it is sold to the populace, forcing them to conform.
"call that flight of the water boys, meet and greet and they all slap five, cheek to cheek when they colonize, and a grown ass man shall abide as he wish, walk that path with a dime and a stick, walk that path with a diamond and wine, walk that path to the firing line, just walk"
I interpreted "water boys" to mean office workers talking around the water cooler. They are the people who have bought into this idea and are now working together to sell it to the rest of society, "cheek to cheek when they colonize". The next line I think is the saying, "we don't care what you have wether its a dime and a stick meaning you are poor or diamond and wine meaning rich you must conform and seek the same thing and it doesn't matter what "that thing" is, what matters is you listen to us.
Also to support this idea about american consumerism being the theme of the song is the video, in which he portrays the world being taking over by zombies, vampires, and werewolves. After the first verse it shows a group called "the Rebellion" subtitled as "Earths last chance", the group is made up of children. It says that the the Rebellion was quickly defeated. I took this as aesop saying that children are immune to this culture giving us hope but they are quickly turned into conforming brand loyal zombies themselves. Anyway just some of my thoughts. Love the song though, having just found Aesop Rock (itunes finally suggested something I liked for a change) I really am enjoying his artistic style.