I am not against the anti piracy interpretation of this song, but I did have a completely different impression of its message. Like onechad said, to me this song is about something bigger than file sharing. Think of a dystopian (extreme socialist) future like what is depicted in 1984.Â
In a world where the government owns all property and production - money as we know it has no meaning or value and therefor "Everything is free now."
Looking at the refrain it first goes: "Everything is free now thats what they say everything I ever done gonna give it away cause someone hit the big score they figured it out that we're gonna do it anyway even if it doesn't pay."
Then at the end: "Everything is free now thats what I say everything you ever done gonna give it away cause someone hit the big score they figured it out that we're gonna do it anyway even if it doesn't pay cause everything is free now."
The major difference between them is who is talking and who is giving what they've done away. When she says it's all free we give up what we've done, when someone else says it then she has to. Whatever this situation is someone has won big and someone else or everyone else has lost even the right to own what they produce.
The first verse about who she has to work for. She could get a solid government job or an illegal job and actually get paid - not in clean money - but in fuel or illicit liquor profits.
The second verse is about the state of the entertainment industry in context. You don't need to go to a public place for a good song because the only place for it is in private at home. If you want to hear a song you actually like - sing it yourself because recorded music does not exist.Â
The Tiny could have only meant this song to be about  anti piracy, but as JackTHorn says the group would not suffer as much as the record label would from the issue. This is merely what I feel as I listen to it.
I am not against the anti piracy interpretation of this song, but I did have a completely different impression of its message. Like onechad said, to me this song is about something bigger than file sharing. Think of a dystopian (extreme socialist) future like what is depicted in 1984.Â
In a world where the government owns all property and production - money as we know it has no meaning or value and therefor "Everything is free now."
Looking at the refrain it first goes: "Everything is free now thats what they say everything I ever done gonna give it away cause someone hit the big score they figured it out that we're gonna do it anyway even if it doesn't pay." Then at the end: "Everything is free now thats what I say everything you ever done gonna give it away cause someone hit the big score they figured it out that we're gonna do it anyway even if it doesn't pay cause everything is free now." The major difference between them is who is talking and who is giving what they've done away. When she says it's all free we give up what we've done, when someone else says it then she has to. Whatever this situation is someone has won big and someone else or everyone else has lost even the right to own what they produce.
The first verse about who she has to work for. She could get a solid government job or an illegal job and actually get paid - not in clean money - but in fuel or illicit liquor profits.
The second verse is about the state of the entertainment industry in context. You don't need to go to a public place for a good song because the only place for it is in private at home. If you want to hear a song you actually like - sing it yourself because recorded music does not exist.Â
The Tiny could have only meant this song to be about  anti piracy, but as JackTHorn says the group would not suffer as much as the record label would from the issue. This is merely what I feel as I listen to it.