Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: goth
Song Meaning of “Nineteen Eighty-Four – Single / EP Edit” by New Model Army
The song “Nineteen Eighty-Four – Single/EP Edit” by New Model Army is an anthem about our current society and the changing times of the 21st century. The song is a warning about the dangers of living in a world which is heavily monitored and controlled by technology. The lyrics reference themes from George Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, in which dystopian society is constantly under surveillance.
The verses of the song highlight the fact that we are all living in an era of increasing surveillance, the digital age of 1984. We must ask ourselves if we are becoming a world where “power is in the hands of technology,” and whether we will be a society unable to protect its citizens’ natural inalienable rights. The chorus follows with the realization that “we’ve surrendered all our freedoms,” and that we must all work together if we are to prevent the catastrophic future that Orwell warned us of in his novel.
The song urges us to take a stand against a society designed to keep us complacent and controlled, to break the chains of oppression and surveillance. We must take control of our own lives, lest we be enslaved to the terrible fate that book predicted. A call for change, “Nineteen Eighty-Four – Single/EP Edit” reminds the listener that we must always remain vigilant in our fight for freedom and justice in the changing times.