I Want to Be the President
Power Struggles Unveiled: Anthem of Resistance in Electrelane's I Want to Be the President
Lyrics
Big alliance.
Reference to a significant political alliance or coalition.
For the fourteenth time.
Emphasizes repetition of attempting the alliance, possibly indicating a cycle.
Take you on.
Expression of readiness to engage in conflict or competition.
Because you're strong.
Recognition of strength in the opponent.
Bigger love.
Highlighting the importance of a profound or intense love.
It's the hating kind.
Describing a love that includes hatred, possibly implying a complicated relationship.
We're not interested in your difference.
Rejecting interest in diversity or differences.
We like to be deflective.
Preference for deflecting issues rather than addressing them directly.
My gun is bigger than yours.
Boasting about possessing a superior weapon.
My tank goes faster than yours.
Claiming superiority in military technology.
My missile's turning me on.
Suggesting a perverse attraction or excitement from possessing destructive capabilities.
My weapon makes me feel strong.
Linking personal strength to possession of a weapon.
Bang bang bang.
Implies a violent or forceful action.
Do you wanna see my gun?
Challenging others to witness the speaker's weaponry.
Well come on.
Encouraging or daring others to join in the confrontation.
We'll resist, we'll resist.
Expressing intention to resist, but acknowledging the possibility of losing control.
But let you take control.
Conveying a willingness to resist but questioning the consequences of ceding control.
But if they say that is so,
Raising questions about the path or decision to be taken.
Is that the way you will go?
Asking if conformity to popular opinion influences decision-making.
And if you thought it was wrong,
Questioning the morality or correctness of a choice.
Would you still follow along?
Exploring the idea of continued compliance even when recognizing wrongdoing.
They're building walls tonight.
Symbolic reference to the construction of barriers or divisions.
They're building walls tonight.
Repetition of wall-building, possibly emphasizing its significance.
Ain't it cold,
Highlighting the emotional chill associated with building walls.
Ain't it cold,
Reiterating the emotional coldness resulting from wall-building.
Ain't it cold,
Continuing to emphasize the emotional detachment caused by constructing barriers.
Where you empty your soul?
Pondering the emotional toll of revealing one's inner self where barriers are erected.
There'll be a war tonight.
Anticipation or declaration of an upcoming conflict or confrontation.
There'll be a war tonight.
Reiteration of the expectation or certainty of a conflict occurring.
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