| Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| he meant religious fundamentalists, a lot of people abbreviate them to "fundies". | |
| BoySetsFire – Full Color Guilt Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think this song is about photojournalism which is often contested ethically; to turn a profit on the disenfranchised, homeless, refugees, etc by trying to use their sorrow for monetary gain. "did you even realize what you took" is talking about taking someone's pride who has nothing material. |
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| Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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this song is written in a biblical & social aspect. I believe the remark on the first line being written about Neptune is spot on, but what he was referencing was that we're no longer polytheists because all of our intelligent religion has lead us to another religion (that he thinks is garbage). The "hole in the sky" is heaven, he's trying to show how ridiculous the prospect is. The "ground's not cold" implies hell, which again is a sarcasm about "everything's gonna burn, we'll all take turns. I'll get mine too" (everyone burns in hell, right?) The line "if man is 5, then the devil is 6, then god is 7" is the implication that there are beings beyond us, which again is a sarcasm, that because we're 5 clearly evil is greater, but good is greater than that. the alliteration in the bible of the 6 being the number of the devil and 7 being the number of god is clear, it's to suggest that good is greater than evil in a very primitive sense. The obvious chorus "monkey gone to heaven" is a sarcasm which in itself alludes to evolution but suggests we still believe we're going to go to heaven. That's how I see it all anyway. :) |
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