Processed by the Boys
Processed by the Boys: Unveiling Existential Struggles in a Dystopian World
Lyrics
When the ending comes, is it gonna run
Questioning the nature of the ending and its approach
At us like a wild-eyed animal?
Comparing the ending to a wild-eyed animal charging
A foreign disease washed upon the beach
Describing a foreign disease arriving unexpectedly
A dagger plunged from out of the shadows
Metaphorically representing a sudden, unexpected threat
A cosmic grief beyond all comprehension
Expressing an overwhelming cosmic grief
All good laid low by outside evil
Good things being destroyed by external evil
Against belief, a riot in the streets
Conflict against belief, with a riot in the streets
A giant beast turning mountains into black holes
Imagery of a giant beast causing destruction
Fiction
Contrasting fiction with the dull reality
Fiction
-No, none of that
-Rolling in your heads
-Reality has a far duller edge
-Everybody's hunted with a smile
People facing danger with a deceptive smile
Being processed by the boys
Being manipulated or controlled by external forces
They got the job when they came back to town
Describing a process of submission to authority
Why not let 'em earn a living?
-Fill out the form, download the app
-Submit your face into the scanner
-Everybody's hunted with a smile
Reiteration of people being processed or manipulated
Being processed by the boys
-In their tatteredemalion uniforms
Visual description of those carrying out the processing
They look so nice
-Tattoos of their children
Details about the appearance of those in power
So cool, so nice
-This time will be gentle enough
Suggesting that the current situation is "gentle enough"
Gentle enough
-This time will be gentle enough
-Gentle enough
-Next time will be different
Anticipation of a different, possibly harsher future
Different
-Next time will be different
-So cool, so nice
-They'll be gentle enough
Reassurance that future actions will be "gentle enough"
Gentle enough
-They'll be gentle enough
-Gentle enough
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