I will keep the first idea I had which was that his actions are those of a desensitized individual.
When he sees the blood from the girl's nose or the flesh explosion, he thinks about how awesome it looks or what a "beautiful ruby red" the color of the blood is, instead of associating it with pain or death.
There is also enough mentions of media references that I can safely assume is intended to show some media influence on whether it be him or the people that see it.
The phrases used are "Hollywood glamorized my wrath..." and "I encite murder for your entertainment" the last of which is talking about the news.
I can also see how (mis)socialization can also be a factor in the behavior he presents to us. People are taught how to become socialized through their family and the values they learn from behaviors that occur at home. And it's apparent in the song that his home life is one that has and still is heavily influenced by drugs and possible other criminal behaviors.
redue of 1st verse translation
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This could be a lot more detailed and therefore a lot more persuasive.
It seems that the song mentioned more instances to tragic events and how he is a desensitized individual. For example the wife beating reference, Maybe a more in-depth analysis of the media and Hollywoods affect could strengthen this analysis.
Do you think this song is trying to say that we as Americans are fascinated with violence, drugs, and sex? Hollywoods glamorized it by make so many shows about them? (The Godfather 1&2, The Darknight, Pulp Fiction, and Goodfellas are all top grossing movies and all have something to do with drugs and violence)
I agree with what you are saying so far but i am curios how you get meaning out of the repeated chorus line "slow motion see me let go".
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