stip wrote:The corporations rule the day lyric is really weak
This line never bothered me. Though from discussions I've had with people about the song in the past, apparently my interpretation of it is slightly different than most people's.
Go on...
Everyone I've ever talked to about it interprets it as meaning that corporations (or "bigger forces" in general) rule on election day, whereas I've always read it as him considering election a day for individuals to strike back against said forces (with the "day" he rues them "ruling" being the present, and election day being the future, as he "can't wait for" it).
I'm probably wrong though. This is probably non-sensical.
stip wrote:The corporations rule the day lyric is really weak
This line never bothered me. Though from discussions I've had with people about the song in the past, apparently my interpretation of it is slightly different than most people's.
Go on...
Everyone I've ever talked to about it interprets it as meaning that corporations (or "bigger forces" in general) rule on election day, whereas I've always read it as him considering election a day for individuals to strike back against said forces (with the "day" he rues them "ruling" being the present, and election day being the future, as he "can't wait for" it).
I'm probably wrong though. This is probably non-sensical.
I read it the same way. But it's not a particularly compelling phrase regardless. I have no problem with the sentiment.
stip wrote:I read it the same way. But it's not a particularly compelling phrase regardless. I have no problem with the sentiment.
It's a sentiment I get caught up in that I feel is often underexpressed in music...that there's an eternal optimism at the heart of even the most hardened of cynicism. I like how he expresses it without being gushy (via the pendulum line). I don't know...I've just always really loved that verse and the way its constructed. But then again, I'm a vegetarian. I eat veggie burgers...
