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I agree with fkconsensus above - who is the singer addressing and what does he want them to tell him? I think perhaps he's daring them to come out and say what they think about him, which is that he's a waste of space, etc.

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It makes perfect sense Mr. York should write about this topic. 1 he grew up in the area 2 his dad was also a nuclear physiciat 3 he is a bloke with brains and a conscience. Which leads me to explain the lines 'there are so many of us, so you can't count' likely refers to the one million plus protesters at the anti war march in 2004 in London. The authorities claimed there were less than half that number. I was fecking there and it seemed like a billion to me! Also, although a great song and a good band. What...

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Freddie, along with most pop idols, sold their soul. Freddie = Seller. Mama = The Buyer. You donโ€™t need a devil, you just need money and power to propagate the idols and their music.

Roles โ€ข Mama = Buyer. Market caretaking mask. Selects, grooms, pays. Effectively kills the private self by forcing the product. โ€ข Narrator = Old Freddie. The unmarketed self. โ€ข Product Self = New Freddie. The saleable persona. โ€ข Scaramouche = Submission mask. The performer who dances to stay bought. โ€ข Chorus โ€œBismillahโ€ = Contract and moral gatekeepers. They refuse release. โ€ข...

  • Ballad. Confession to the Buyer. The old self is ended to satisfy the market. Request for absolution and retreat is denied by sunk costs and exposure.
  • Opera. Tribunal inside the system. Buyer and gatekeepers say no release. Scaramouche performs to placate. PR magnifies. Fear spikes. Damning clause hovers.
  • Rock. Revolt. The product curses the handlers and their cruelty, asserts will, tries to break the frame.
  • Coda. Detachment. After the war, only residue remains. The persona accepts insignificance and moves on.
  • โ€œIf Mama has no control, how did she kill a man?โ€ โ€ข Structural kill. The Buyer sets incentives and terms. The artist performs the act to win the game. Agency is shared, but the selection pressure belongs to the Buyer.

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    Back in the Day

    Ok, i know that songs mean different things to everyone, and sometimes it's easy to think that a song is specifically about something you personally understand or have been through.

    In this case, however, I am almost sure I understand this song.

    My girlfriend of 6 years became addicted to heroin a good few years back. She was intelligent, beautiful, and had the best sense of humor, but her self-hatred brought about on her by her father was absolutely crushing to her soul. I knew after about a year of knowing her, that she would in fact somehow...

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    It feels like a song about addiction and the internal dialogue/battle surrounding it.

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    I liked it better when they thought they were aliens and wrote out pi on their foreheads

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    They almost sounded like Endo on this song

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    What the fuck?

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    Such a pretty song it's about finding the right girl

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