Apathy as Arsenic Lethargy as Lead
Apathetic Ouroboros: Unveiling the Grind of Capital's Grip
Lyrics
Are you all in? All in closes copulating
Expression of commitment and engagement in a potentially harmful or toxic situation.
All threaded screws to get you repopulating
Using various methods, possibly manipulative or deceitful, to encourage reproduction.
A choked engine of stupor and static
Describing a stagnant and unresponsive state resembling an engine malfunction.
These days, may these days
Reference to challenging times or obstacles represented by millstone collars.
As millstone collars
Metaphorical representation of burdens or difficulties.
Fail to drag us further down while lashed
Despite difficulties, resisting further decline while enduring punishment.
Here while lashed to arsenic eating
Being exposed to and affected by something harmful, possibly a metaphor for societal issues.
Sinking fast with leaden bones
Sinking rapidly, burdened by heavy and lethargic emotions.
All hosts, owning isn't earning
Ownership does not equate to earning, suggesting a critique of capitalist values.
It's a wound open to sate the leech
Describing a wound that is intentionally kept open to satisfy a leech, symbolizing destructive desires.
O, lust, to gorge on endless blood
Expressing a desire for insatiable consumption or indulgence in bloodlust.
Two thousand parasitic billionaire men
Critical reference to wealthy individuals who exploit others for personal gain.
With the workers bleeding
Depicting the suffering of the working class, emphasizing their sacrifice.
The horse is beaten
Metaphorically describing a situation where efforts are futile or counterproductive.
God forbid that you should еver want a home
Expressing skepticism or disdain for the idea of finding comfort or security.
You'll shine likе a diamond when
Highlighting the contrast between superficial success and the harsh reality of labor.
You're down in the mine
Symbolizing the difficult and dangerous conditions of mining work.
And if there's any whose eagerness
Addressing those who show eagerness to oppress the vulnerable.
To trample beleaguered and
Emphasizing the mistreatment of the beleaguered and deteriorated by those lacking empathy.
Deteriorated outpaces their empathy
Stating that lack of empathy surpasses eagerness to mistreat the vulnerable.
You'll find a place in the ever-increasing
Indicating the expanding space for those lacking empathy and compassion.
The holds over hollow-eyed hands
Describing a space dominated by exhausted and empty hands.
The flesh tearing flesh from
Depicting a situation where the desperate and failing take from each other.
The famished and failing
Referring to the eternal cycle of consumption, where the hungry perpetually consume each other.
The Ouroboros, the unquenchable thirst
Symbolizing insatiable greed and the crushing of those striving to improve their situation.
Crushing the heads of the last to be first
Describing a hierarchy where the powerful exploit and oppress the less fortunate.
Gallows humour on the all-scaffold
Dark humor in the face of a system that leads to inevitable destruction.
All the world's a stage on which
Comparing life to a stage where the working class is the one facing punishment.
The working class is hanged
Describing the systemic oppression of the working class, using hanging as a metaphor.
They say men are hanged while meat is hung
Highlighting the discrepancy in treatment between people and meat in a metaphorical sense.
But it's apparent how the ones a-struggling
Commenting on the visibility of struggles and suffering in society.
Strung are seen, so much brawn swinging
Emphasizing the physical manifestation of labor and struggles in the form of hanging.
From capital's very beams
Symbolizing the exploitation of labor for capital gains.
We are the cult of work
Identification with a collective devoted to the concept of work.
We are the cult of labour sold
Emphasizing the commodification of labor as a form of worship or dedication.
We are the cult of work
Reiteration of the cult-like devotion to work.
We are the cult of siphoned gold
Stating the cult's devotion to extracting wealth from others.
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