Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: grindcore
Song Meaning of “At The Cost Of An Animal” by Dropdead
At The Cost of An Animal offers a darkly powerful and strongly critical look at the contemporary industrial animal farming industry and our society’s fixation on consumerism. Through its lyrics and sound, the song creates a dark and gritty atmosphere that reflects the environment of the animal farming factories themselves, as well as the bleakness of the situation for the enslaved cattle and chickens. The band notes that, while we have access to more food than ever before, it has come at the cost of the animal’s suffering. The lyrics explore the contradiction of this violation of the animals’ rights, while the heavy guitar riffs and driving beats create an aggressive mood which demands to be heard.
The song both condemns the animal industry and serves as a reminder that our current industrial animal farming system is not an acceptable way of providing food, while also questioning our destructive consumerism. The haunting chorus makes us contemplate the brutal death of the animals so that humans can have a greater abundance of food. Through this song, Dropdead calls us to action to reject the oppressive status quo of the animal farming industry and instead seek out more ethical means of consuming food.