meaning of welcome to the machine pink floyd
Welcome to the Machine The song is about the need of humanity to free itself from the oppressive government. The song is inspired heavily by the book 1984 by George Orwell, in which a man is trying to escape the government which is brainwashing its citizens with TV shows and oppressive rules. In the book, the line "welcome my son to the machine" is spoken at one point, which is the origin of the song's title.
Wake Up (Rage Against the Machine song) The lyrics discuss racism within the American government and the counter-intelligence programs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); a spoken portion of the song is taken from an actual FBI memo in which its director J. Edgar Hoover suggests targets for the suppression of the black nationalist movement.[1] The song also makes references to prominent African-American figures targeted by the government such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., and goes as far as saying that the government arranged their assassinations.