Lyric discussion by Delmothos 

It's about a sincere believer in an ideology that is no longer mainstream, like socialism or anarchism. Maybe a former dock or factory worker that was layed off during the Thatcher years. But he's still convinced he can win against the 'powers that be', they'll never 'keep him down'. But deep down he knows he's lost it, and so he pisses the night away as an alcoholic old man in a new era dominated by neoliberalism.

@Delmothos (The truth is, I thought it mattered) (I thought that music mattered) (But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter) (We'll be singing, when we're winning, we'll be singing)

That is someone waking up and noticing that the mindset and all the goods and services that neoliberalism brought to society were not a blessing.

@Delmothos (The truth is, I thought it mattered) (I thought that music mattered) (But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter) (We'll be singing, when we're winning, we'll be singing)

That is someone waking up and noticing that the mindset and all the goods and services that neoliberalism brought to society were not a blessing.

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