"I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower
that you made with plastic power
Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away
Where the paralytic dreams that we all seem to keep
Drive on engines till they sleep with future pixels in factories far away"
I thought of this being about consumption and capitalism.
The gargoyle kind of representing big business built with "plastic power", like credit cards.
"Factories far away" I think of outsourcing and factories in other countries, where all our pollution and ugliness is given to someone else while the higher ups get more money here.
"Rhinestone eyes" I think kind of represents greed, like diamonds. But they're not real diamonds, and they're being compared to factories far away, meaning that they're soulless and hollow. Yes you've gained money, but at what cost?
These dreams of money and greed are paralyzing and all consuming.
"Drive on engines..." Our dreams depend on these factories and the people who are suffering from this system, but we consider them insignificant "future pixels".
"So call the mainland from the beach
All parties now washed up in bleach
The waves are rising for this time of year
And nobody knows what to do with the heat
Under sunshine pylons we'll meet
While rain is falling like rhinestones from the sky"
"He's talking about whales washing up on the beach 'in bleach'. the tides and temperatures are changing because of pollution..." -ExistanceIsFutile23
I think this is about right. This verse seems to be talking about how these factories are damaging nature and the earth.
"Under sunshine pylons..." Pylons according to Webster can mean gateway, or tower-like structures. So I think they're taking refuge in under these structures while greed and corruption accumulate outside (sunshine vs rain).
"I can't see you now my heart is frozen
all the bowses and the growses
have been abstinated in my soul
I prayed on the immovable yet clinging to the atoms of rocks
seasons the adjustments signs of change"
Growse = To shiver; to have chills
Bowse = To haul or pull by means of a tackle
I think this is talking about how he's detached himself from others, "you", those who are corrupted and have rhinestone eyes.
The seasons bit is more environmental stuff. The seasons slowly shifting because of pollution, etc.
The rest is how he's trying to hold on to stability and what was, but despite this things are changing.
"I can't see now she said taxi
Now red light is all I can take
This dawn brings strange loyalties and skies"
Now a girl is in a taxi, and she can't see because of the red lights. I think this might be a metaphor of us losing our way, and all we can see is how things are now in a modernized world. This "dawn" bright new world brings new opportunities and makes our life better, but strange because it's corrupted us as well.
"I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower
that you made with plastic power
Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away
Here we go again
That's electric
That's electric
Helicopters fly over the beach
Same time every day same routine
Clear target in the summer when skies are blue
It's part of the noise when winter comes
It reverberates in my lungs
Natures corrupted in factories far away"
I think the helicopter is kind of out of place on the beach, but it's also become part of everyday life. Kind of like modernization not being a part of nature. All these factories and buildings and things are polluting the earth and corrupting nature.
"Here we go again
That's electric
Your loves like rhinestones falling from the sky
That's electric
We are future pixels in factories far away
Here we go again
That's electric
Your loves like rhinestones falling from the sky
That's electric
Where future pixels in factories far away
Here we go again"
"Your love..." Going back to the whole greed thing and our love for money.
"we are..." Everything that we've done has come back to us and has ended up hurting us in the end. Now we're insignificant pixels suffering from our own system.
@MusicIsMyPassion It's absolutely anti capitalist. He's pointing out how capitalism harms us, how it convinces us to love something we made up (money) but I think you miss an important aspect, which is war, and I think the helicopters on the beach line represents that, the concept of invading and waging war (Vietnam) how war is used as a regular solution to our problems, we simply just take from others, it's an obvious thing to attack, the military industrial complex, it's clearly unethical, (like a helicopter in the sky on a clear day) But it's often dressed up (like we...
@MusicIsMyPassion It's absolutely anti capitalist. He's pointing out how capitalism harms us, how it convinces us to love something we made up (money) but I think you miss an important aspect, which is war, and I think the helicopters on the beach line represents that, the concept of invading and waging war (Vietnam) how war is used as a regular solution to our problems, we simply just take from others, it's an obvious thing to attack, the military industrial complex, it's clearly unethical, (like a helicopter in the sky on a clear day) But it's often dressed up (like we do in winter to celebrate the holidays)
he speaks of the issue often so it reverberates in his lungs, nature is corrupted in many ways, and our own nature has been corrupted by war for profit.
"I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower that you made with plastic power Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away Where the paralytic dreams that we all seem to keep Drive on engines till they sleep with future pixels in factories far away"
I thought of this being about consumption and capitalism. The gargoyle kind of representing big business built with "plastic power", like credit cards. "Factories far away" I think of outsourcing and factories in other countries, where all our pollution and ugliness is given to someone else while the higher ups get more money here. "Rhinestone eyes" I think kind of represents greed, like diamonds. But they're not real diamonds, and they're being compared to factories far away, meaning that they're soulless and hollow. Yes you've gained money, but at what cost? These dreams of money and greed are paralyzing and all consuming. "Drive on engines..." Our dreams depend on these factories and the people who are suffering from this system, but we consider them insignificant "future pixels".
"So call the mainland from the beach All parties now washed up in bleach The waves are rising for this time of year And nobody knows what to do with the heat Under sunshine pylons we'll meet While rain is falling like rhinestones from the sky"
"He's talking about whales washing up on the beach 'in bleach'. the tides and temperatures are changing because of pollution..." -ExistanceIsFutile23
I think this is about right. This verse seems to be talking about how these factories are damaging nature and the earth. "Under sunshine pylons..." Pylons according to Webster can mean gateway, or tower-like structures. So I think they're taking refuge in under these structures while greed and corruption accumulate outside (sunshine vs rain).
"I can't see you now my heart is frozen all the bowses and the growses have been abstinated in my soul I prayed on the immovable yet clinging to the atoms of rocks seasons the adjustments signs of change"
Growse = To shiver; to have chills Bowse = To haul or pull by means of a tackle
I think this is talking about how he's detached himself from others, "you", those who are corrupted and have rhinestone eyes. The seasons bit is more environmental stuff. The seasons slowly shifting because of pollution, etc. The rest is how he's trying to hold on to stability and what was, but despite this things are changing.
"I can't see now she said taxi Now red light is all I can take This dawn brings strange loyalties and skies"
Now a girl is in a taxi, and she can't see because of the red lights. I think this might be a metaphor of us losing our way, and all we can see is how things are now in a modernized world. This "dawn" bright new world brings new opportunities and makes our life better, but strange because it's corrupted us as well.
"I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower that you made with plastic power
Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away
Here we go again That's electric That's electric
Helicopters fly over the beach Same time every day same routine Clear target in the summer when skies are blue It's part of the noise when winter comes It reverberates in my lungs Natures corrupted in factories far away"
I think the helicopter is kind of out of place on the beach, but it's also become part of everyday life. Kind of like modernization not being a part of nature. All these factories and buildings and things are polluting the earth and corrupting nature.
"Here we go again That's electric Your loves like rhinestones falling from the sky That's electric We are future pixels in factories far away Here we go again That's electric Your loves like rhinestones falling from the sky That's electric Where future pixels in factories far away Here we go again"
"Your love..." Going back to the whole greed thing and our love for money. "we are..." Everything that we've done has come back to us and has ended up hurting us in the end. Now we're insignificant pixels suffering from our own system.
Well, at least that's what I got out of it. :]
@MusicIsMyPassion It's absolutely anti capitalist. He's pointing out how capitalism harms us, how it convinces us to love something we made up (money) but I think you miss an important aspect, which is war, and I think the helicopters on the beach line represents that, the concept of invading and waging war (Vietnam) how war is used as a regular solution to our problems, we simply just take from others, it's an obvious thing to attack, the military industrial complex, it's clearly unethical, (like a helicopter in the sky on a clear day) But it's often dressed up (like we...
@MusicIsMyPassion It's absolutely anti capitalist. He's pointing out how capitalism harms us, how it convinces us to love something we made up (money) but I think you miss an important aspect, which is war, and I think the helicopters on the beach line represents that, the concept of invading and waging war (Vietnam) how war is used as a regular solution to our problems, we simply just take from others, it's an obvious thing to attack, the military industrial complex, it's clearly unethical, (like a helicopter in the sky on a clear day) But it's often dressed up (like we do in winter to celebrate the holidays) he speaks of the issue often so it reverberates in his lungs, nature is corrupted in many ways, and our own nature has been corrupted by war for profit.