Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: grindcore
Song Meaning of “Missing Spokes” by Capitalist Casualties
Missing Spokes is a song about expressions of dissatisfaction with those in control of the systems of society. In the song, the speaker reveals the hypocrisy and emptiness of those in power who are blind to the suffering of those they are supposed to protect.
The song paints a picture of how, in their narrow-mindedness, the powerful have broken or “missing spokes” in the wheel of progress, leading to a stalled movement towards justice for those who suffer. The lyrics call those in power to account for their failure to fill in the missing spokes, noting the vainness of their symbolic gestures when concrete changes cannot be made due to their unwillingness to alter the existing power structure.
The speaker highlights how the lack of care for those outside their own elite bubble can backfire, as people growing frustrated in the face of these broken promises of change will eventually abandon those in control, leading to the downfall of their regimes and the rise of someone who is willing to actually bury the “missing spokes” of progress and usher in an ethical change in society.