Rise Against - Entertainment

Song: Entertainment

Artist: Rise Against

Album: Appeal To Reason

Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

I think the song Entertainment is mostly about hollywood and shallow fame. It's about how people worship celebrity, watching the every move of stars, wanting/wishing to be like them and letting their own lives be consumed by something that's not even real. Some people will worship famous people to the point of obsession. I think it's about how in a lot of cases "musicians" and other "celebrities" care way more about making money than about creating something of quality and substance. How sometimes what's sold to people is a product posing as art instead of actual art. How people will strive to be this idea of  perfection that is completely fake (though I find perfection usually is fake and something to be wary of). People that hide their flaws have the worst flaws, if someone/something seems too good to be true they probably are. Just look at the annoying auto-tuned shit that passes for "music". All n' all I think this song is excellent, it's very thought-provoking and very true.

"Entertainment"

All we are is entertainment
Caught up in our own derangement
Tell us what to say and what to do
All we are are pretty faces
Picture perfect bottled rage
Packaged synthesized versions of you

We've all made petty fortunes but we can't afford a life
Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms
They all scream California and its toppling empire
But can't you see the end is coming soon

Come one come all the new sensation
Guarantees then obligations
Spotlights follow every single move
Basking here on ten foot stages
Pouty lips and oh so jaded
All as if we have something to prove

Despite these petty fortunes we still can't afford a life
Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms
They all scream California and its toppling empire
But can't you see the end is here

And if we cared at all
About this unknown plight
Then we'd do something more
To finally make this right

Is this only entertainment
Pull the curtains, places please
We've learned to sing and dance and cry on cue
But this is more than entertainment
In a world so sick with pain
This is the only thing that's real or true

We've all made petty fortunes but we can't afford a life
Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms
They all scream bloody murder over graves already dug
But can't you see the end

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