Brainwashed
Resist the System: Unveiling the Meaning of While She Sleeps' 'Brainwashed'
Lyrics
This is the ressistance movement
This refers to a resistance movement.
A new life for the executed
Suggests a chance for a new life after execution.
The blackusted soul recruitment, brainwashed
Describes a recruitment of blackened souls, emphasizing brainwashing.
Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off
Repeated call to "turn it off," possibly urging to reject external influence.
We're spilling our guts, we're spitting out blood
Expressing vulnerability, revealing internal struggles.
Who's first in the river?
A metaphorical question about who will face challenges first.
Stop struggling, struggling
Encourages stopping resistance to avoid sinking deeper into problems.
You'll only sink further in
Continuation of the warning against struggling, predicting further descent.
They're throwing you in a lifeline, down to hell
Implies a deceptive lifeline leading to a negative outcome.
They'll sing mislead, mislead, drain us of our
Singing about being misled, drained of individuality.
Differences keep the freedom of life
Advocates embracing differences for the freedom of life.
Under the gun they'll take our rights
Underlines a threat to rights under oppressive forces.
We'll take them back again
Asserts the intention to reclaim lost rights.
This is a death race, just another world trait of a broken system
Describes the current state as a death race, part of a broken system.
It's like the blind lead the bund to the wrong decisions
Compares leadership to blind leading to wrong decisions.
Possessed by the pace of life, we'll burn a living
Portrays individuals as possessed by the relentless pace of life.
They're running out of plots to burn
Suggests a scarcity of options or alternatives.
The casualties, out of sight, out of mind
Highlights the casualties, ignored and forgotten.
Mislead, mislead, drain us of our differences
Reiterates the theme of being misled and losing individuality.
Keep the freedom of life under the gun
Advocates preserving freedom of life despite external pressures.
They'll take our rights, we'll take them back again
Repeats the threat to rights but expresses determination to reclaim them.
We won't fail, we'll find a way
Confidently asserts a commitment to finding a way forward.
We won't fail, we'll fucking find a way
Emphasizes determination and resilience in finding a solution.
Tell us how to think, tell us what we need
Addresses external influence dictating thoughts and needs.
Tell us how to live, show us who to be
Challenges societal norms dictating how to live and who to be.
Another product of the system
Identifies as a product of a system, possibly critical of societal conditioning.
Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off
Reiterates the call to "turn it off," resisting external manipulation.
We're being brainwashed
Summarizes the overall message, stating the experience of being brainwashed.
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