Bulls on parade what is it about

The images of one's family member being "disappeared" is widely know in authoritarian regimes, so a picture is being painted of unorganized desperate resistance.

Shotguns are described as using "shells," not "bullets. Put these together and the image arises of a family being afraid of forces in power that could be coming at any time, "so you rally round your family call the family together to try to defend yourselves "with a pocket full of shells. The song is in my opinion is about "Cronie Capitalism" aka.

And yes it also refers to the military industrial complex aka the harm standing armies can cause to the mentality of war. Stupid is as Stupid does, as the saying goes, I wonder how many people they swayed with this skewed opinion, whomever the writer may be?

This is both through the funding of wars, and arms, as well as cutting of funding to vital social programs. My favorite lyrics from this song is : "rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells!

It's basically a threat to the gov. Get the family together. Meaning the us citizens all get together with there pocket full of shells, to use against our enemy. The U. Very powerful.

Power to the people, is the just of it. How murder and destruction of other countries can be taken advantage of from a business and political view point. How the government almost needs an enemy to unite the public and keep them fired up and distracted. Also how the government continues to focus time and resources on war as apposed to domestic issues.

Then they also reference propaganda being taught in our schools and media. You guys really have no idea what is going on now do you? My suggestion is to look really really hard at your surroundings and if you look hard enough you may see what has been going on under your noses for the past 4.

They don't gotta burn the books they just remove em reference to Fahrenheit By the way, "Bulls" is a slang term for police. It is used in prisons mostly. Look it up. The line "weapons not food [ The line "terror rains" is a double entendre for "terror reigns. It is unclear what he means, as the statements are ambiguous and have been interpreted in a number of ways.

However, in general, it plays into the theme of the song, which is the pervasiveness of war. Who he is referring to is a matter of minor debate. However, the main parallel to be drawn is between the aggressive nature of these animals and that of the powerbrokers who manage the powerful militaries we see today.

Since it uses elements of heavy metal music, alternative rock and slight traces of hip hop, it fits perfectly into the nu metal and hard rock genres. Name Optional.

I figure if I can educate one fan on their meaning, it was worth it. While I don't like GWB, I don't like seeing people attribute these song meanings to him when it would've been impossible for it to be the case. These guys were writing songs about issues that people still don't even really grasp 20 years later and it is a shame. I think so many people just love Rage because they jam so hard that unfortunately the message isn't received by everyone.

Wow very awesome! Thanks man! Good history lesson right here too! Imagine this was back in and look how much worse it is today.

The 80s with the Iran Contras oh man it doesn't end! Eisenhower's speech on the Military Industrial Complex was a well spoken warning of what was to come. Mark on September 19, General Comment I'll start here since I can't make sense of the first few lines: "Terror rains drenchin', quenchin' tha thirst of Tha power dons" Equates politicians in power to "dons", a term for leaders of organized crime families, to liken them to criminals.

The most obvious and likely intent is that we enforce our own laws, here and abroad, with war the fist signifying bullying, further, violence. The speaker of this line would be the politician, stating that the trigger is cold, and we are obligated to warm it.

And when we start beating the war drum, the nation's citizens will need to fund it. Naturally, this points at their hypocrisy. But this is a bit more striking because while food, shelter, and clothing are essential needs, education isn't requred for human survival. Instead, it is pivotal for our development. The allocation of resources to our wars in lieu of libraries symbolic for education in general causes us to progress in the wrong direction.

By disallowing certain books, threats of simply thinking radically are severely hindered. You can't really oppose something if you don't know it's even there to be opposed. Considering the song, up to now, has been speaking about how those in power are pouring so much effort into war and, naturally, building weapons as well , it would follow that cells filling as quick as arms warehouses are filling Someone said something about political prisoners and people who disagree with the government.

Sorry, but that is utterly moronic. People are simply being put in jail. This is just a statement about how ridiculous our prison system is.

It is ridiculously easy to be sent to a prison in the U. We're talking about those in power in America. No Replies Log in to reply.

General Comment Funny, I remember an interview with Morello where he states the inspiration of the song came from Ruby Ridge : cato. The Marshalls and FBI agents basically attacked a family, killed a boy and a mans wife, then washed their hands of it. The man and his son tried to fight them off, hence "Rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells" 11 days they held out.

That's the first I've heard about this and I've lived in the US my whole life almost 30 years. Not surprised though, sadly it seems rather typical. Androgyne on December 12,