It feels like he's talking about us not being told the truth. "Why dont you ask the kids..." "was fashion the reason why they were there?" What was the reason they were there? Was it truely what we were told it was? "They disguise it. Hypnotize it. Television made you buy it" I dont think they're talking about literally buying things. But being suckered into believing something by disinformation. If someone successfully lied to you, then you 'bought it'
"Mezmerized the simple minded propaganda leaves us blinded"
If 1 big news company spews out a single lie (no pun intended), then estimate atleast 1/3 of our country takes it as fact. I think the song is about pulling the wool away from our eyes and seeing things for what they really are.
@RobZombieFan I agree with a lot of your interpretation except for your thoughts on the "was fashion the reason why they were there" line... this is what I believe they were saying:
@RobZombieFan I agree with a lot of your interpretation except for your thoughts on the "was fashion the reason why they were there" line... this is what I believe they were saying:
The song references the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
"Why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen Square? Was fashion the reason why they were there?"
Thousands of kids from the local universities in Beijing and from neighboring cities flocked to the City Centre to protest for a democracy-based government.
What SOAD is trying to say is, young people, such as college aged young adults, will most likely join a protest, or stand for a cause if almost all of their peers are doing it. They think it's popular, trending, "fashionable" to follow the masses....like sheep hypnotized to what they are being told by the media:
("Television made you buy it.")
It feels like he's talking about us not being told the truth. "Why dont you ask the kids..." "was fashion the reason why they were there?" What was the reason they were there? Was it truely what we were told it was? "They disguise it. Hypnotize it. Television made you buy it" I dont think they're talking about literally buying things. But being suckered into believing something by disinformation. If someone successfully lied to you, then you 'bought it' "Mezmerized the simple minded propaganda leaves us blinded" If 1 big news company spews out a single lie (no pun intended), then estimate atleast 1/3 of our country takes it as fact. I think the song is about pulling the wool away from our eyes and seeing things for what they really are.
@RobZombieFan I agree with a lot of your interpretation except for your thoughts on the "was fashion the reason why they were there" line... this is what I believe they were saying:
@RobZombieFan I agree with a lot of your interpretation except for your thoughts on the "was fashion the reason why they were there" line... this is what I believe they were saying:
The song references the Tiananmen Square Massacre. "Why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen Square? Was fashion the reason why they were there?" Thousands of kids from the local universities in Beijing and from neighboring cities flocked to the City Centre to protest for a democracy-based government. What SOAD is trying to say is, young people, such as college aged young adults, will most likely join a protest, or stand for a cause if almost all of their peers are doing it. They think it's popular, trending, "fashionable" to follow the masses....like sheep hypnotized to what they are being told by the media: ("Television made you buy it.")