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Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 07:51 AM
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Well, I'm new to the forums, and though I may as well share my interpretation of Mr. Jack. I've kind of...re-worded the lyrics to try and get my point across a little differently than explicitly stating what the lyrics mean to me, but I've tried to make them as expliticit as possible in terms of meaning.
Hey Mr. Jack
Is that the mouthwash in your eyes?
Hey Mr. Jack, does looking hurt you? Are you blind?
Hey Mr Jack
Is that the cause of your surprise?
Hey Mr. Jack, are you surprised because you realize that you can't see?
Hey where you at?
on the side of the freeway in the car
Hey where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the CAR
In the car
On the side of the freeway in the
Hey, where are you?
Outside of the mainstream, refusing to move? Ignorant to what the world thinks, able to know, but choosing not to? (The car could theoretically move with the rest of the cars on the freeway, presumably a lot, ergo the large scale)
Hey Mr Jack
Is that the trick of your disguise?
Hey Mr. Jack, is your ignorance all it takes for you to put on your disguise?
Hey Mr Jack
Is that the cause of your demise?
Hey Mr. Jack, is your ignorance the cause of your demise?
Hey where you at?
on the side of the freeway in the car
Hey where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the CAR
In the car
On the side of the freeway in the CAR
In the car
On the side of the freeway in the car
In the car...
(See first chorus)
7 AM, morning
Came to take us away
Early in the game, they came to take us away. OR When everyone woke up/wisened up (7 is a pretty standard wake up time), they came to take us away.
Little men, big guns, pointed at our heads
The ones we least expected/the common people/the seemingly harmless rose up, with weapons that were deadly in their hands, and used the weapons against us.
7 Am, morning
Came to take us away
Little men, big guns, pointed at our heads
AT OUR, at our heads
(See above)
Your prospect of living gone
You have damned yourself.
You ran the light at dawn
You did something you shouldn't have right as people learned to/became able to see that is was wrong. OR you did something you shouldn't have in a way that started to make it obvious/when it started to become obvious.
Protectors on your back
Those still loyal to you are following you (if "on your back" means about the same as "at your back"). OR Even those who were once loyal to you have now turned (if "on your back" implies a chase, similar to "at your heels").
Lights are on the track
You're running a predictable path to try and get away. OR We/they are on to you.
You must deface authority/You must now face authority
(To me, at least, it sounds like it could be either) (If "now face") It's time to answer for your crimes. (If "deface") It's time for us to drag you in/away kicking and screaming to punish you.
You're nothing like me
You and I are nothing alike; I do not know what your answers will be, you must tell me.
You must deface authority/You must now face authority
You're nothing like me
(See above)
Put your hands up, get out of the car!
We've caught you, now give up and answer for your actions.
Put your hands up, get out of the car!
Put your hands up, get out of the car!
(See above)
FUCK YOU PIG!
No!
FUCK YOU PIG!
FUCK YOU PIG!
FUCK YOU PIG!
(See above)
PUT YOUR HANDS UP, GET OUT OF THE CAR!
(See above, but this implies more of a final warning)
Whilst I admit that this may not be what SOAD intended for the song to be about- if that's been said somewhere, I've missed it- but this is just what I got out of Mr. Jack. |
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Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 09:09 PM
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| dang.. that is a very good interpretation! |
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Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 09:42 PM
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Ego Brain
Joined: Feb 12, 2007
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Location: right here in hollywood...but actually in Minnesota
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Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 08:22 AM
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Spider
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| There are some SOAD songs where the meanings are kinda obvious, this is one of those. |
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Posted: Jul 27, 2008 - 11:19 PM
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Location: Riding on the Metro
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| Yeah,though it's a quite obvious song,it's good to know that people try to interpret it in their own way,and actually succeed.So,good interpretation. |
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Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 12:04 AM
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Being honest, i think that you looked way too far into this. You have to interprate the song as a WHOLE and not line by line. You make no sense doing it line by line.
My interpretation of it would be that Mr. Jack is an undercover Fed watching over 'the narrator' (Serj) as he goes about his daily business. He is waiting on the side of the freeway in the carrrrrr (got a bit of the song in there!!)
The '7:00 a.m.' section to me means that the Feds (the little men with big guns) have found Serj and are going to take him away because of his outspoken and anarchist nature.
'Your perfect almighty God' section onwards tells me that the Fed thinks that he above the law and can do anything that he wants.
'The put your hand up get out of the car' section to the end to me means that Serj has been caught and is about to be taken away to prison because he knows too much.
Thats my view. Its more logical and makes more sense.
(btw 'Your prospect of living gone' is actually 'Your perfect almighty God') |
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Posted: Oct 05, 2008 - 07:13 PM
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Ok ya sorta nice definition but its about a Federal Government worker (there is a position in the government nicknamed Mr. Jack) who poorly treated the citizens and ran away in the morning but was killed by some of the citizens for revenge.
the song's original name was "PIG". thats where the end comes from...  |
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Posted: Oct 08, 2008 - 09:54 AM
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Here is an interpretation I found on answer (and it seems pretty likely):
Song Meaning
Amongst the other songs from the album, this song is popular amongst fans and the band itself, possibly because of its highly discussable lyrics. The song's meaning is under discussion.
It has been interpreted to portray the revengeful murder of some governmental officer. Mr. Jack is the government official who works in a lofty position and is used to being superior to regular citizens, and while he is on the freeway at 7 A.M., he is pulled over by regular little men with big guns who blind him with mouthwash and shoot him to death in his car; hence the term, "On the side of the freeway in the car," where he is left dead until later noticed. This is interpreted in such a manner due to the exact definition of demise from the English dictionary: a death, especially of a person in a lofty position.
Mr. Jack must have done or been doing something cruel or unfair, and people wanted revenge for his unjust actions. So, they shot him when he was fleeing the scene, "You ran the light at dawn, lights are on the track, meaning he knew he did something wrong and he fled early in the morning so not to be detected. He was surprised, "Is that the cause of your surprise?" Jack is the pig referred to in the ending.
On a more general scale, the song could portray the way the government mistreats citizens on occasion. Mr. Jack could represent the entire government or entire body of people in loft positions all around the world. Then, the killing of the culprit in an act of retaliation of the general public; the people themselves striving for social justice.
Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/mr-jack |
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Posted: Nov 15, 2008 - 10:51 PM
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I've always seen Mr. Jack as the typical immoral capitalist businessman, who sets money and success over people and unity. In the song he is facing his punishment, personally and literary.
Hope that makes sense  |
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Posted: Nov 15, 2008 - 11:42 PM
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Joined: Sep 11, 2008
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Location: Maine
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I think that to say that any interpretation is way off is wrong. SOAD's mission is to not only express themselves, and create music, but to make people think. And to say that anyone's interpretation is wrong is like saying you got Serj/Daron/Shavo/John to tell the exact meaning to you and not anybody else.
I'm looking at all these interpretations and agreeing on some points with all of them.. nice interpretation! |
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