Jean Baudrillard Lyrics

Maximo Park Jean Baudrillard

All these objects that are supposed to reveal
The hero we are when behind the wheel
I’ve never identified with the kind of masculine drive
That others possess in a speeding car

Yet how do you engage
With the latest craze
When the most obsolete things
Are all the rage?

Yet how do you engage
With the latest craze
When the most obsolete things
Are all the rage?

How can you turn your back on the working class
When you’ve never faced them in the past?
How can you turn your back on the working class
When you’ve never faced them in the past?

The more energy we burn
The freer we become

When work is the model and the core
Please marginalise
The harsh necessities that tend to arise

When work is the model and the core
Please marginalise
The harsh necessities that tend to arise

The more energy we burn
The freer we become

The masters of our own death
The sun mocks the clouds

But he had needs back in his real life
Is this what he meant by luxury?