Mutiny on the Electronic Bay
Against Me! Lyrics

The lyrics to Against Me!'s song "Mutiny on the Electronic Bay" start with a picture of a beautiful sunrise - an "into the sunrise aesthetic". However, the following line, "Let's pretend this is an informed consent" shows that there is something insincere about the beauty, that it is a façade or an excuse. The next line, "That class division doesn't make an infantry" is particularly poignant, suggesting that the separation of classes doesn't create a distinct and definable line between people, particularly when it comes to labor or war. The lines "There is no incentive, no franchise opportunities" show that the singer sees a lack of motivation on the part of those dividing workers into classes to actually create ways for workers to build wealth, something which could potentially allow them to escape their designated class.

The magazine spreads of fashion models with gas masks is a particularly striking image, suggesting that the beautiful models are being forced to wear gear to protect themselves from some kind of threat - a societal or environmental decay, perhaps. The line "it's ok, it's all right, these are situations we learn to live in" seems to suggest a kind of bleak acceptance of a world that isn't working for the people living in it; however, it can also be viewed as a subversion of the apathetic tone that some people might take. The final line, "When an invasion can bring a country its freedom then unconsciousness is true happiness, no, I don't know what to say" is particularly loaded, with references to both politics and mental health. The singer seems to be suggesting that the idea of happiness that society currently holds up as a goal is actually just ignorance or numbness to the problems around us. The singer doesn't have an answer for how to solve these issues.