looking for input

[ptpgrad]

So, what are your impressions and thoughts from these lyrics? What does it evoke, what does it make you think of? Its from a piece I want to use and I already know what it does for me, how it reads, but I want other "translations." Where do you see changes in the person speaking, where do you see evolution? What do YOU think it's saying?

Please note, there is foul language in the lyrics, so please click as you see fit.


Battleflag by the Lo Fidelity All Stars


Your construction
Smells of corruption
I manipulate to recreate
This air to ground saga
Gotta launder my karma

I said hallelujah to the sixteen loyal fans
You’ll get down on your muthafuckin’ knees
And it’s time for your sickness again
Come on and tell me what you need
Tell me what is making you bleed
We got two more minutes and
We gonna cut to what you need
So one of six so tell me
One do you want to live
And one of seven tell me
Is it time for your muthafuckin’ ass to give
Tell me is it time to get down on your muthafuckin’ knees
Tell me is it time to get down
I’m blown to the maxim
Two hemispheres battlin’
I’m blown to the maxim
Two hemispheres battlin’
Suckin’ up, one last breath
Take a drag off of death

Hey mr. policeman
Is it time for getting away
Is it time for driving down the mother fuckin’ road
And running from your ass today

Now tell me if do you agree
Or tell me if I’m makin' you bleed
I got a few more minutes and
I’m gonna cut to what you need
So one of six so tell me
One do you want to live
And one of seven tell me
Is it time for your muthafuckin’ ass to give
Tell me is it time to get down on your muthafuckin’ knees
Tell me is it time to get down

Got a revolution behind my eyes
We got together and organize
Got a revolution behind my eyes
We got together and organize
Got a revolution behind my eyes
We got together and organize
You want a revolution behind your eyes
We got together and organize

Come on baby tell me
Yes we aim to please

Comments

[cozit.livejournal.com]

Honestly? Don't like it.. sounds too much like someone who's high holding people hostage at gunpoint.

Beyond that, it does nothing for me, and really tells me little.

(but hey, that's me... and that's not the type of lyrics I enjoy listening to)

[johnbroadfoot.livejournal.com]

I agree with Liz, although at first it seemed to me to be an anti-war song, but even then it didn't make much sense. The profanity seems to be merely an affectation and detracts from an already repellent piece.
What does it say to you luv and what were you going to use it for?

[sunnidae]

The repetition of "launder my karma" at the beginning (not in these lyrics, but in the audio) would suggest that he's casting out INTERNAL impurities -- but the rest of the song kind of goes against that.

It's a call to action, but mostly the appeal is in the music -- not the lyrics. He spends a long time asking if people want to live, if it's time to give (in? up?), if it's time to get down on their knees (to surrender? to pray? is there a difference?) Despite the "am I making you bleed" line, I don't think HE is a physical threat -- the problem is, he's not saying anything cutting (in any sense). Maybe there's a double-entendre in "cut to what you need", but I think it's more likely he just thought it sounded good.

It's kind of the same with "blown to the maxim". A maxim is an axiom; it's also a gun used in WWI. Did he intend the duality? Based on the rest of the lyrics, I'd be more inclined to call it a happy coincidence.

I think you can make this song mean anything you want it to mean, Michele. The music is great (it's got a good beat and you can dance to it); the lyrics are amorphous enough that any visual you give them could probably be supported.

I don't know if any of this helps -- I'm pretty sure it's not what you were asking for.