Less Than Zero

Elvis Costello

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LESS THAN ZERO Elvis Costello | | | | | Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo Carving "V" for vandal on the guilty boy’s head. When he’s had enough of that maybe you’ll take him to bed To teach him he’s alive before he wishes he was dead. | | - | Turn up the T.V. No one list’ning will suspect. Even your mother won’t detect it so your father won’t know. They think that I’ve got no respect But ev’rything means less than zero. Hey ooh hey Hey ooh hey. Oswald and his sister are doing it again They’ve got the finest home movies that you have ever seen They’ve got a thousand variations every service with a smile They’re gonna take a little break and they’ll be back after a while Well I hear that South America is coming into style | | - | Turn up the T.V. No one list’ning will suspect. Even your mother won’t detect it so your father won’t know. They think that I’ve got no respect But ev’rything means less than zero. Hey ooh hey Hey ooh hey. A pistol was still smoking a man lay on the floor Mr. Oswald said he had an understanding with the law He said he heard about a couple living in the USA He said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet Let’s talk about the future now we’ve put the past away | | - | Turn up the T.V. No one list’ning will suspect. Even your mother won’t detect it so your father won’t know. They think that I’ve got no respect But ev’rything means less than zero. Hey ooh hey Hey ooh hey. Hey oo hey-ey Hey oo hey-ey (REPEAT AND FADE)

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La chanson évoque un monde troublé, où des personnages aux comportements déviants naviguent entre la banalité et la violence, tout en assistant à une société qui détourne les yeux. Elle aborde des thèmes comme la désillusion et le mépris, en mettant en lumière une certaine forme de nihilisme. Les protagonistes semblent piégés dans un cycle de violences et de faux-semblants, cherchant un sens dans un univers qui leur est indifférent et où tout semble futile. Le contexte se situe dans une époque de bouleversements sociaux, remplie de rébellions et de désenchantement, où la télévision et les médias jouent un rôle crucial dans la désensibilisation de la population. Ce décalage entre les aspirations des individus et la réalité spinée par la culture pop souligne un sentiment d'aliénation, comme si la vérité était systématiquement sous-estimée ou méprisée.

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