About “The Great Die-Off”

This is one of the most aggressive and straight-forward songs of the album, and speaks of the arrival of the revolution, the end of the waiting and suffering. The oppressed and exploited are done believing the same old fairy tales – religion, the self-made man, hard work, etc – that kept them nice and quiet, they are finally rising against the oppressors, tearing down all that has been created to enslave them. The narrator doesn’t hold any punches, stating that they want everything, right now, and that the way to victory surely will be a bloody one.