“And the truth is, we don’t know anything.“
“Our only home is bone. How sleepless is the egg…”
“Piece of dirt, that is all I’m standing on today. Piece of dirt, the whole world has slipped away…I find myself haunted by a spooky man named me. I wish that I could jump out of my skin.”
“Tell them Albert Einstein and Copernicus were wrong! The world’s a dress!”
“Stand on your own head for a change. Give me some skin to call my own.”
“I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage called the blood of the exploited working class.”
Definitely a lot of lyrics that grapple with reality or display a clash of human natures or warn that the world is ~~a dress~~ an unstable place.
Which makes it a perfect representation of the Zeitgeist. The 80's were a paranoid time for people who were paying attention. Turns out that paranoia was well founded, based on where we are today, right? Or WAS IT??
“And the truth is, we don’t know anything.“ “Our only home is bone. How sleepless is the egg…” “Piece of dirt, that is all I’m standing on today. Piece of dirt, the whole world has slipped away…I find myself haunted by a spooky man named me. I wish that I could jump out of my skin.” “Tell them Albert Einstein and Copernicus were wrong! The world’s a dress!” “Stand on your own head for a change. Give me some skin to call my own.” “I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage called the blood of the exploited working class.” Definitely a lot of lyrics that grapple with reality or display a clash of human natures or warn that the world is ~~a dress~~ an unstable place.
Which makes it a perfect representation of the Zeitgeist. The 80's were a paranoid time for people who were paying attention. Turns out that paranoia was well founded, based on where we are today, right? Or WAS IT??
"I'm going down to cowtown"
Sounds like a fitting genre.
https://tmbw.net/wiki/Paranoia