Story Behind The Song
Witnessing materialism and love displacement in shopping malls. Observing that our possessions can act as surrogate lovers, when our emotional lives are unfulfilled.
Song Description
It's about trying to fill the void/emptiness of modern life through buying things that we love.
| Song Length |
3:17 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Modern |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Irritated, Disconcerted |
Subject |
Material Things, General |
| Similar Artists |
R.E.M., The Decemberists |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Escape the outside world
And its harshness
Surrounded by nice things
That can't love us
There's something new this year
That we'll adore
Enlightenment attained
Once we own more
The feeding frenzy
Come and join the queue
Consumer culture
Leaves us all consumed
In search of self-worth from
Our possessions
We crave to medicate
Our condition
The feeding frenzy
Come and join the queue
Consumer culture
Leaves us all consumed
And who do we fool
Surely no one but ourselves
The spending stampedes
A signal that we need help
Our wants are redefined
So we need them
The shopping mall the shrine
Of our religion
The feeding frenzy
Come and join the queue
Consumer culture
Leaves us all consumed
The feeding frenzy
Come and join the queue
Consumer culture
Leaves us all consumed
Spent too soon
Spent too soon