Invisible Hands
Invisible Hands: A Nation's Silence, Wealth, and Control
Lyrics
Red sky at dawn and the fire is low
The morning sky is red, and the fire is diminishing.
Shadows weep in the embers glow
Darkness is spreading in the fading embers.
The piper's paid and a nation lost it's voice
The one playing the pipes has been compensated, and the nation has lost its collective voice.
Celebrate, it's time to die
A sarcastic call to celebrate, implying a time of hardship.
The signal's weak and the wells are dry
The communication is weak, and resources are depleted.
Invisible hands and captains of industry
Reference to influential and wealthy figures manipulating the majority.
Had their way with the silent majority
The powerful have controlled the silent majority.
Hark the roar of wealth and might
A call to acknowledge the influence and power of wealth.
Hail the seeds of oversight
Applauding the beginnings of oversight.
Silent forces, plunder and control
Hidden forces exploit and dominate.
Lay me by the river side
Desire to be laid to rest by a river where valuable resources collide.
Where gasoline and gold collide
Symbolic intersection of wealth (gasoline) and precious metal (gold).
And invisible hands command you pay the toll
Influential figures dictate payment for passage through life.
To tie loose ends and justify your soul
Justification for actions to mend one's life.
Number one (number one), number one (number one)
Emphasis on prioritizing oneself, looking out for one's interests.
Looking out for number one
Reiteration of the importance of self-interest.
Number one (number one), number one (number one)
Re-emphasizing the focus on personal interests.
Looking out for number one, hey
(Repetition of the idea of looking out for oneself)
The invisible hands won't turn this rig around
Powerful forces will not change the course of events.
(How low is the price you pay?)
Rhetorical question about the low price paid for actions.
The invisible hands won't turn the music down
Influential forces won't silence the music, questioning the cost.
(How low is the price you pay?)
(Repetition of the idea of the price paid for actions)
The invisible hands are the fastest guns in town
Influential forces act swiftly and assertively.
(How low is the price you pay?)
(Repetition of the rhetorical question about the price paid)
(How low is the price you pay?)
(Repetition of the questioning of the price paid)
(How low is the price you pay?)
-(How low is the price you pay?)
-Number one, number one (how low is the price you pay?)
Reiteration of the theme of prioritizing oneself and questioning the cost of actions.
Looking out for number one (how low is the price you pay?)
-Number one, number one (how low is the price you pay?)
-Looking out for number one, yeah (how low is the price you pay?)
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