![]() This can also hint at the American industry which is always thirsty and addicted to oil.įort Knox is a symbol for money and the American economy, “breaking into Fort Knox” then stands for 9/11 which was an assault against America and the global economics and stole “their intentions” – mainly money. His mouth is dry (“Moses’ dry mouth”) because in the dessert water and food is narrow. They chose Moses because he led Israel out of Egypt – an alliteration to Bush who sees himself as God-like and the USA always supports Israel. It also can be seen as Muslims kneeling on the ground and praying to God – as an effect of war they disappear because they get killed. Furthermore is “roses” a synonym for soldier because they look like roses when their jackets are constricted by the belts. “Kneeling roses disappearing” refers to the destruction of nature by wars. The way the chorus is sung with the happy “la la la” beforehand criticises the glorification of wars and that the American population does not get the cruel reports about soldiers in Iraq. “Dancing in the dessert” is an anti-thesis. Furthermore this criticises the military ads to gain young soldiers in which war is presented more like having a good time and making a lot of friends. ![]() Again we can find the analogy of war and party “Everybody is going to the party have a real good time”. The chorus again is very ironical, exploding bombs look like a sunset which explains the phrase “blowing up the sunshine”. Along with this goes “Yet you feed us lies from the tablecloth” alluding to the faked satellite pictures and other “proves” that justified the war and the uneducated part of the population, who has to fight the war, believes this because they don’t know better. “You depend on our protection” is the first ironical sentence which criticises that the official reason for this war was to protect the Iraqi population and the world against Saddam Hussein but the real cause was oil. “Marching forward hypocritic and hypnotic computers” hints again at the modern technology and its abuse (“hypnotic computers”), misuse as a concealment of facts and that people are manipulated by the media and the soldiers are “marching forward hypercritic” and shoot everything they see before thinking about it (friendly fire) or “marching forward hypocritic” (as the band writes it) which would implicate that this war is lead by hypocritical reasons. ![]() The war itself has been won by the allies because they have the better and more modern equipment (“Victorious, victorious steel”) and the industry of arms is happy because they sell their weapons (“For brand new spankin’ deals” – can also interpreted that the young, poor soldiers make “good” deals by joining the army because now the state pays for their college fees, many poor people do that to have the chance to get an education, of course it’s a good working method of the army to get new recruits). This line also refers to Barbara Walters, a famous news presenter, dressed “with pointed heels” who shows the bright side of war, an act of propaganda. ![]() The Bush-administration and a bigger part of the American population believe that other parts of the world (which includes the Iraq) are underdeveloped and a kind of “barbarian” but by behaving like this the Bush-administration is barbarian (“Barbarism by barbaras”). ![]() This impression is emphasised by “Why don’t presidents fight the war?” (which can also be seen as presidents should fight to stop war) and “Where the - are you?” so he should bring his own bombs to the “party” in the “desert”. Bush who should fight this war on his own and not by soldiers. As “B.Y.O.B.” is naturally used in the context of garden parties is this song directly addressed to George W. In this case it should be Bring Your Own Bombs.Īfter the intro the song starts with the rhetorical shrieked question “Why do they always send the poor?” and at the end it is changed into the exclamation “They always send the poor!” which criticises the exorbitant high number of poor people mostly with a low level of education in the US army. usually stands for “Bring Your Own Beer/Beef”. ![]()
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