Your voice across the line gives me a strange sensation I had to interrupt and stop this conversation I want to tell you something you've known all along If I don't get your call then everything goes wrong It's good to hear your voice, you know it's been so long I heard your mother now she's going out the doorĭid she go to work or just go to the storeĪll those things she said, I told you to ignore I know he's there, but I just had to call If you don't answer, I'll just ring it off the wall It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.I'm in the phone booth, it's the one across the hall that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. But there is seemingly no way out but death. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"-being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. Please check the number, or try your call again You can call if you want but there's no-one home I got my head and my heart on the dance floor Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station It's not that I don't like you, I'm just at a partyĪnd I am sick and tired of my phone ri-ri-n-ging 'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubbĪnd you're not gonna reach my telephone You can call all you want, but there's no-one home I left my head and my heart on the dance floor Just a second it's my favorite song they're gonna playĪnd I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh? I have got no service in the club you see-see
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