Protest song

Song: Seeing Red

Artist: Threat Signal
Album: Under Reprisal
Year: 2006

Blind the eyes of humanity,twisting the minds of this race

Living disgrace,abomination driving everyone towards the hate

I am justified to unite with my own kind,not to follow, not to prejudge

I decide who's real from what's revealed,this shattered past can't conceal

For all the tears I've shed,

this one for you is red

It's so unreal

What will it take,

to repent your mistakes?

This war will be won,

we've only just begun

The blood has been shed and the rows

upon rows of the dead are unknown,

the victims who lie deep beneath us

at peace are not forgotten

For all the tears,

the tears I've shed

I'm bleeding and so should you

This song is about Conflict with middle eastern countries and north America. This song specifically focuses on the media's effect and spreading racism and hate based on stereotypes and such. It also talks about how many innocent lives have been taken because of this.

A more in depth look at this song brings to mind the idea that this song is about middle eastern people who are being hated because of stereotypes that the media spreads about terrorists. The line " Blind the eyes of humanity, twisting the minds of this race." means that the media is hiding the real abomination from the public with racism and hate. the real abomination is the injustices and hate towards innocent people based on racist and prejudice media spread by people who hide behind it to seem innocent. The second verse is more of an attempt to show who the real victim is in this situation. Talking about how many lives have been taken because of lies and stereotypes, based on a few events that happened, that would have been terrible regardless of skin colour, but just because of mixed nationalities, has become a bombshell of racism.

This is a serious issue in our society, because if people are brought up around hate, they try to take rights away from the group that they hate, which will cause conflict in society. On some levels this issue is getting better but in some ways it's also getting worse, because this is an issue that is not one big thing, it depends on every single individual person's way of thinking, thus theres always going to be people who stand in the way of change for the better or for worse.

I picked this song because it is by my favorite band and because it's a social issue that needs to get better if we're going to be able to start fixing other problems. people need to realize that this is essential to the evolution of mankind, something that is not being realized at the moment.

I think it's a great thing that artist comment on social issues because they have large audiences of people who are willing to listen and want to listen. If your idol tells you about something, you are going to listen, so it's the best way to get information out there and start to make a change.