Iconoclast Plot

[Pamonha]

Dehumanized could easily have a similar theme to Prometheus (which I literally think is about a Frankenstein-like tale), but it is more likely about the lack of conversation and face-to-face interaction that technology has brought with it.

That's a nice way to look the lyrics. That's a known technology effect called socialization of de-socialization, but i think the first one, more similar to prometeheus, fits better.

Bastards could easily be about any of those massive online multiplayer games where people create alternate personalities for themselves (not specifically WoW). The lyrics in this one are pretty obvious.

Couldn't agree more

Just listen to the lyrics, no doubt about it. Electric Messiah is about facebook, and Light Up the Night is about youtube. To be more specific, it's about using the two websites at night.

Electric Messiah could easily be about Facebook (or any social networking site), and Light Up the Night could also be about YouTube. I'm sure MJR despises YouTube; just a feeling.

This is really interesting...

But I must be honest, in a quick view of the lyrics/songs you have mentioned, I only see a "clear" relation between "Bastards" and WoW. Could you be more specific on the others?

+1. I don't get it, I also thought it was a joke at first. If you guys have the time and patience, enlight us please.

 

[Isaac_de_Moorea]

... I'm sure that MJR (and whoever else wrote the lyrics)...

All the lyrics are credited Romeo/Allen, except for "Electric Messiah", "Light Up the Night" and "Lords of Chaos" which are just Allen´s.

Music for all, and for "all" I mean the twelve tracks, is just Romeo´s. That was a little bit disappointing. I could say why, but don´t want to turn this thread in another "Bitching Thread" .

 

[javie]

I definitely think that Prometheus is a Frankenstein-ish tale of a scientist who creates a half-human, half-robotic monstrosity. The lyrics are obviously from this creature's point of view, and how it first realizes that it's alive. While I think that the lyrics on this album are generally pretty sub-par, this song is a definite exception.

FYI and FWIW, the full and official title of the original novel by Mary Shelly, if you include its subtitle, is actually "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus".

 

[Detective Clarence Beauregard]

FYI and FWIW, the full and official title of the original novel by Mary Shelly, if you include its subtitle, is actually "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus".

Well that pretty much confirms it! Thanks for the info!

 

[CantoX]

Bastards of the machine is like how people perceive that they have choice. The verses are talking about how you have a choice to be good or evil, to do right or wrong, but actually it doesn't matter because your life doesn't matter, because you are a bastard of the machine. You're just a human being who is no one important and your choices in life make almost no impact whatsoever.

 

[Mattofla]

I feel like I would enjoy the album so much more if I spent a few hours mapping out a story for it.