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Originally Posted by soulmeetsbody12
Erica, you are referring to Immortal Technique - Dance with the Devil =)
Amazing song by an amazing artist. "So if the devil asks you to dance you better say never, because a dance with the devil may last you forever."
In regards to Adam Smith's invisible hand theory (wealth of nations), its sort of like that.
Capital and Labor refers to the subservient relationship (mastervsservant) of labor (working class) and capital (land owners, management etc). When I say the invisible hand commanded me it is more of a metaphor or parallel. Invisible hand dictates that supply and demand will shape the market. Essentially things will work itself to equilibrium. Therefore the invisible hand commanded us due to our circumstances, to an equilibrium of that life.
I sing in the first person for the first two verses as im describing my life. By the time the 3rd verse comes, this young man is so beside himself that his soul and physical body are essentially split. You can also think of it as a guardian angel singing the last song, when he kills himself.
The correlation between his guilt in the beginning and his death at the end is strong, but it wasn't just this one event. There are other songs coming to explain what has mounted up to his hopeless existence.
As for picking up the gun, yep. Picked up the gun, fired cover fire and ran out the back door. Friends served sentences and issued a price on his head.
Hopefully that clears things up a bit =)
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Oh, you are quite right, soulmeetsbody: I
did mean Immortal Technique. Oops!
Ah yes. Adam Smith! He's the one. I'm pleased you knew what and whom I was talking about. I like your use of metaphor in your song, since it adds even more depth.
And your answer did clear up my questions! Thank you!
When you say your lyrics are true to life, do you mean literally almost exactly like your own life? How much fiction is in your songs? (You're obviously not dead, for example.)
