New Age Slavery
Breaking Chains: Unveiling the Modern Struggle
Lyrics
I get up
I begin my day.
I work a nine to five day
I engage in a typical nine-to-five workday.
The abuse is strong
The mistreatment or hardship is intense.
But I’ll be ok
Despite the challenges, I believe I will be fine.
He throws my hat
Someone throws my hat.
He throws is on the ground
The hat is thrown on the ground.
As he gets off
Someone alights and begins mistreating me.
To pushing me around
This person physically bullies me.
The devil pours his sins into a bottle
A metaphorical expression: the devil's sins are contained in a bottle.
As I’m constantly working full throttle
I work tirelessly while dealing with the consequences of the devil's influence.
As anger floats around his eyes
Anger is evident in the person mistreating me.
His heart is full of burning fires
The mistreater's heart is filled with intense passion or negative emotions.
Oh Yeah
An expression of acknowledgment or emphasis.
And I Said
A declaration.
Take my money and take my soul
I am willing to sacrifice my money and soul for this job.
Working for you is like a black hole
Working here feels like being trapped in an inescapable situation.
This is new age slavery
The situation is likened to a form of modern slavery.
And the guns are blazing in my head
Mental distress is intense, like gunfire in the head.
Gunshot shot bullet through your head
A vivid image of a gunshot penetrating the mind.
This is new age slavery
This is a modern form of enslavement.
Cos you see the bad man come
A bad person arrives on the scene.
And you see the bad man go
The bad person departs, but vigilance is constant.
Yeah he always watches and he always knows
The bad person is observant and knowledgeable.
The things that he says
Words spoken are ignored or dismissed.
No one really cares
Others are indifferent to what is said.
Your Wasting my time
My time is being wasted.
Ten dollars of my time
The value of my time is reduced to ten dollars.
Like a wasp into the night
A simile describing a sudden and aggressive presence, like a wasp in the night.
The devils horns give me a fright
A frightening image involving the devil's influence.
As anger floats around his eyes
Reiteration of anger in the mistreater's eyes.
His heart is full of burning fires
Reiteration of intense emotions in the mistreater's heart.
Oh Yeah
A declaration.
And I Said
A repetition of the sacrifice: money and soul for the job.
Take my money and take my soul
Continued feeling of being trapped in a black hole at work.
Working for you feels like a black hole
Reiteration of the modern enslavement theme.
This is new age slavery
Mental distress is likened to gunfire in the head.
And the guns are blazing in my head
Another vivid image of a gunshot affecting the mind.
Gunshot shot bullet through your head
Reiteration of the modern enslavement theme.
This is new age slavery
The business is deteriorating.
And your business is falling apart
A comparison between the business and the lack of goodness in one's heart.
Just like the goodness in your heart
The individual is bound to a miserable modern age.
You're locked to new age misery
An acknowledgment of the oppressive nature of the situation.
And I’m not gonna lie
An admission that the mistreatment prompts self-reflection and questioning.
You make me question why
The mistreatment challenges the perception of respect.
You show no respect to me
The speaker is stuck in a modern form of enslavement.
I’m stuck in new age slavery
A restatement of being trapped in a contemporary form of slavery.
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