Saturday, April 30, 2005

"Hand That Feeds" -- Nine Inch Nails

In my daily quest to expose the fact that most pop music lyrics are politically charged (though the naive and conservative among us either criticize or ignore it):

  • You're keeping in step
    In the line
    Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
    Because you do
    What you're told

    But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold

    Just how deep do you believe?
    Will you bite the hand that feeds?
    Will you chew until it bleeds?
    Can you get up off your knees?
    Are you brave enough to see?
    Do you want to change it?

    What if this whole crusade's
    A charade
    And behind it all there's a price to be paid
    For the blood
    On which we dine
    Justified in the name of the holy and the divine

    Just how deep do you believe?
    Will you bite the hand that feeds?
    Will you chew until it bleeds?
    Can you get up off your knees?
    Are you brave enough to see?
    Do you want to change it?

    So naive
    I keep holding on to what I want to believe
    I can see
    But I keep holding on and on and on and on

    Will you bite the hand that feeds you?
    Will you stay down on your knees?

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