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Apr 25, 2015
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hello, anybody home?
I'm coming in".
With a touch of
I'm coming in".
With a touch of
Recall the original instance: "machine grows idiotic...". In that particular stanza, the status quo had begun to fail. This stanza, however, outright takes the stanzas before it (which state that the revolution occurred, and that a new machine replaced the old one).
"And the machine grows parasitic": in the most laconic matter possible, the new machine has grown as bad as, if not worse, than the old one.
The critic who sparked the revolution in the previous regime is now the one who needs to be criticized.
"And the machine grows parasitic": in the most laconic matter possible, the new machine has grown as bad as, if not worse, than the old one.
The critic who sparked the revolution in the previous regime is now the one who needs to be criticized.
Mar 7, 2015
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Not this clockwork precision
And the machine grows idiotic
Who's
And the machine grows idiotic
Who's
Take the lines immediately surrounding the stanza--such as the heart being a bird and needing to "be heard". "The machine grows idiotic" implies that the current status quo is beginning to fail.
"Who's gonna be its ingenious critic?"--who will be the one to criticize the status quo, and in doing so, spark the fires of the revolution?
"Who's gonna be its ingenious critic?"--who will be the one to criticize the status quo, and in doing so, spark the fires of the revolution?
Mar 7, 2015
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gonna be its ingenious critic
Everybody loves the perfect solution
To beat the odds against the poorest possible substitution
What you see is never what you're
Everybody loves the perfect solution
To beat the odds against the poorest possible substitution
What you see is never what you're
Down to brass tacks with this song: revolution against a current regime, for instance. The biggest question is as follows: what to replace the previous regime with?
The word is called "revolution" for a reason"--the easiest solution to the problem tends to cause just as many (if not more) problems than they solve.
Like the roulette wheel spinning around repeatedly, these easy solutions set the stage for another revolution. A previous regime's collapse gives rise to a new one--it's come full-circle.
"Revolution Roulette"--that is the chief message of this song.
The word is called "revolution" for a reason"--the easiest solution to the problem tends to cause just as many (if not more) problems than they solve.
Like the roulette wheel spinning around repeatedly, these easy solutions set the stage for another revolution. A previous regime's collapse gives rise to a new one--it's come full-circle.
"Revolution Roulette"--that is the chief message of this song.
Mar 7, 2015
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that final incision
Look my heart it's a bird, it needs to sing and to be heard
Look my heart it's a bird, it needs to sing and to be heard
"Clockwork precision" implies the current political status quo--literally running like clockwork. Everything is running in a fixed manner, with little deviation.
The heart being described as a bird could best be described as freedom of thought and expression--contrast against current circumstances.
The heart being described as a bird could best be described as freedom of thought and expression--contrast against current circumstances.