Santagold's verse explains her goal to 'prove them wrong' "i dream it and i build it tall". He also explains his underlying fear of not reaching success "being broke made my head hurt", in other words fear of poverty. Kanye's verse explains the superiority complex (ego) of his skill or of his success "I am the king and will not beheaded". The song (lyrics) is about determination for success and telling those who underestimates them "you don't know my mind, like i said a thousand times". My InterpretationBoth music and song are in totally different realms, but share or play around with the same theme (theme's at the end). Maybe, the thought that we are all under the illusion we are any better, fabricated to get through the hardships in our lives to survive to the next day, even as we toil under the direction of something far beyond our mental capacity.Ī beautiful song, with a morbidly incredible music video. This leads to the thought that maybe what is implied is that we are all the same, that it is only perceived that we are better than anyone, that no matter what we do we will be all of the same importance and ability. Yet, the very end of the music video, we find that the astronaut is merely being tested, put under these horrors by scientists for whatever purpose. Helps to support that this lone, surviving astronaut is truly special, a beast of willpower and luck. She tries to settle down, holding herself back, but can't get herself to lower herself to those standards. She addresses herself as a separate kind, even. And, when Santogold's part comes in, she say's that she can't suffer mediocrity, the staying with the "thick-headed " essentially, that she's special, gifted, better than the rest. Combined with Kanye's rap and the chorus, makes him seem as if he's by some chance one of the durable men alive, surviving on raw will and luck. He even suffers heavy hallucinations at the end, and yet he still survives. He suffers a lack of sleep and food, showing obvious signs of sleep deprivation and fatigue. It shows an astronaut, by some miracle, surviving an impact on a distant celestial object, killing his partner instantly. My InterpretationIf you watch the music video, it makes the meaning of the song much different then if I were to have just read the lyrics. With mics in hand, we'll stand against the With mics in hand, we'll stand against the test of time Sounds of silence may come to pass.I will not be accountable for what comes out, uhĬall the club, tell them add to the guest list America requires mutual respect from all sides our leaders have forfeited their duty to country, and instead have made their party and power their gods. I think we are headed for more destructive behavior, which may bring down our country. The Sound of Silence is symbolic of the distance between the so called Liberals and Conservatives. They elected a candidate that was not representing the establishment. The difference today is the media can not brainwash all of the people all of the time. But is it? Big money has always tried to rule the day. Insight and ignorance, darkness and light, love and hate, wisdom and stupidity. The human condition is the same bell shaped curve as it was in the sixties. However, as I have grown older I see what he meant. It used to annoy me because I disagreed with him. My Uncle Tony used to say there is nothing new under the sun. People writing songs that voices never shareĪnd the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light And the vision that was planted in my brain
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