Acceptance
Dead Robot Lyrics
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I want to calm the storm
Pull me apart for fun
Nothing feels good
I want peace
Want peace of mind
I want peace want peace
A home here in the darkness
Love and acceptance
Love and acceptance
Love and acceptance
Love and acceptance
I want to be understood
I want to calm the storm
Pull me apart for fun
Nothing feels good
I want peace
Want peace of mind
I want peace want peace
A home here in the darkness
I'm torn
Love and acceptance
You got to have
Love and acceptance
You got to have
Love and acceptance
You got to have
Love and acceptance
You got to have
The lyrics of "Acceptance" by Dead Robot convey deep emotions and a desire for understanding and inner peace. The repeated lines "I want to be understood, I want to calm the storm" suggest a longing for connection and tranquility amidst inner turmoil. The singer seems to express a vulnerability, a plea to be seen and heard, to have their feelings validated and acknowledged. This desire for understanding is further emphasized with the repetition of "I want peace, want peace of mind," indicating a yearning for emotional stability and serenity.
The line "Pull me apart for fun, nothing feels good" introduces a contrasting sense of despair and emptiness, perhaps reflecting a feeling of being emotionally manipulated or toyed with. This imagery of being pulled apart for amusement creates a sense of brokenness and disillusionment. The repeated references to peace and the yearning for a "home here in the darkness" suggest a search for solace and acceptance in the midst of inner turmoil and uncertainty.
The refrain "Love and acceptance, you got to have" underscores the importance of love and acceptance in the singer's life. It emphasizes the essential nature of these feelings for personal well-being and emotional fulfillment. The repetition of these words further emphasizes their significance, highlighting the fundamental human need for love and acceptance. This repetition serves to drive home the message that these feelings are essential for the singer's well-being and happiness.
Overall, the lyrics of "Acceptance" delve into themes of vulnerability, longing for understanding, and the essential need for love and acceptance. The imagery of being torn between darkness and the desire for peace paints a picture of inner conflict and the search for emotional stability. Through powerful repetition and poignant lyrics, the song captures the complexity of human emotions and the universal desire for connection and acceptance.
Line by Line Meaning
I want to be understood
Yearning for others to comprehend and empathize with one's thoughts and emotions
I want to calm the storm
Seeking inner peace and tranquility amidst chaos and turmoil
Pull me apart for fun
Feeling like others derive entertainment from causing emotional harm
Nothing feels good
Experiencing a lack of happiness or fulfillment in life
I want peace
Desiring a state of harmony and absence of conflict
Want peace of mind
Seeking mental clarity and freedom from anxiety or distress
I want peace want peace
Repeated emphasis on the desire for tranquility and serenity
A home here in the darkness
Finding comfort and solace in the shadows or hidden aspects of existence
I'm torn
Feeling conflicted or divided within oneself
Love and acceptance
Yearning for emotional support and validation from others
You got to have
Essential importance placed on the need for love and acceptance
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Christopher Garrett
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duke_of_lilywhite
This program was pessimistic, depressing, and yet full of snark. John Scalzi and Philip Gelatt, the one who wrote the short story and the other who adapted it for the show, clearly had a laugh at humanity's expense.
From Wilderness Preppers to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk space traveling elite, this program has absolute contempt for humanity's ability to survive adversity. However, there were holes in the plot that weren't satisfactorily explained. Mainly who built the protagonist and where they come from.
Yes, they did hint that one of the protagonist's genesis was from a game console, and another was from a baby monitor. But it still doesn't fill the gap between the human apocalypse and these machines coming to Earth long afterward.
But the most absurd thing about this program was the climax. A bunch of evolved cats somehow survived in a high-tech society on Mars is beyond laughable. Especially to anyone who's ever owned cats and knows how shiftless they can be.
With that said, this isn't the first program that expresses genuine doubt in humanity's ability to persevere, no matter what.
In the classic British sci-fi horror film Quatermass and the pit (1967)
There is a scene where the protagonist Quatermass is speaking to his colleague Roney about the end of the world.
Thus, he says, "… Roney, if we found out the earth was doomed - say, by climatic changes - what would we do about it?"
"Nothing. Just go on squabbling as usual."
"Yes, but if we weren't men?" (⊙︿⊙✿)
duke_of_lilywhite
@Site Director Nix No, I just pointed out the deficiencies. With that said, Motion Picture making is time-consuming, resource-intensive, and laborious. A finite number of people have the means of making it happen. And of those, a tiny minority are highly skilled at it.
However, errors and mistakes happen to the best of us. It doesn't matter if you have a modest production with a few hundred people or one with a cast of thousands. And when it comes to Motion Picture making, anything can go wrong.
Long ago, Christopher Lambert once said, "if you commit a murder, think of half of the ways that could get you caught and avoid them. That in itself makes you a genius."
And that level of strategy can also be applied to the movie business.
History is full of examples of people who work diligently to make a great film, only to become a disaster.
Just in the last 20 years, there have been plenty, such as Battlefield Earth (2000), Catwoman (2004), The Last Airbender (2010), Movie 43 (2013), and John Carter (2012). And when it comes to Motion Pictures, there are so many things that can trip you up. Bad acting, poor editing, substandard visual effects, terrible direction, and a ridiculous script.
These things rarely happen all at once. But when they do, you can have a spectacular fail, such as Tommy Wiseau's The Room.
But in recent years, especially when it comes to big Hollywood extravaganzas, it's usually the script that's the weakest link. Why? Don't know for sure. It could be just a lack of care on the part of the studios. Or, it could be just pure laziness on the part of the individual producers and directors. Neglecting to ensure that their screenplays are the best they can be before shooting one film reel.
Anyone who has witnessed the recent crop of superhero films can testify. Weak scripts plagued the original Suicide Squad (2016), Birds of Prey (2020), Wonder woman 1984 (2020), Thor: love and Thunder (2022), and Justice League (2017), and that's putting it nicely.
Hollywood is a business. Therefore, you would think that these business people would see the error of their ways and correct them.
Unfortunately, some inside Hollywood believe they should use their institution to send a message. But this strategy is doing nothing but causing one fail after another. And you don't have to scrutinize the current stock market rating of Disney or Netflix to know that following that course of action is damaging their business; and brand.
Long ago, Louis B. Mayer once said, "if you want to send a message, use Western Union."
Will the current crop of Hollywood types get that message? Maybe, or maybe not.
At this moment, Amazon is setting itself up for a billion-dollar failure with its upcoming Rings of Power program. According to multiple sources, those behind the production have decided not to follow the canon of Tolkien. Instead, they are making up a fairy tale entirely from scratch and trying to wrap it in Tolkien's mythos. And the fans of Lord of the Rings, and The Hobbit, are voicing their objections loudly.
Perhaps this upcoming disaster is what Amazon and Hollywood need. It may cause the intelligent people amongst them to finally change course and make films that audiences actually want to see. As opposed to programs that make these Hollywood types feel good about themselves, if not morally superior.
Or, in other words, get woke, go broke. (⊙‿⊙✿)
Marlton Manks
this was probably my favorite LDR episode, but i kinda wish it had shown some of the better qualities of humanity. our ability to create art and music, our potential for love, compassion and selflessness, things of that nature. feel like that would have added an extra layer of what we lose in the final days of our species because of the shitty parts of human nature
captain pumky
+ we human kinda suck 5ss cuz we don't even think what wold happen if we just ignore the possible future so this vid truly how humans works anyway I like how the dead body said were duckd
Marlton Manks
@captain pumky right, so showing the robots stumbling across some works of art, or music, or a something else would be a proper heartbreaking moment. All of that potential for true beauty, wonder, creativity, compassion, all of it lost because some humans suck. Would send a much more powerful message. As of right now, if we are all complete shit and deserve what we got in this episode, why bother changing anything?
hampty
@Marlton Manks why do we deserve?
Marlton Manks
@hampty im just going off of the general sentiment of this episode. we were a shitty people (greedy, selfish, uncaring towards anything in nature)that deserved our fate (death from climate change)because we refused to change our ways. my argument is that not all people are complete shit, and if this episode had shown some of the more positive traits of humanity that were lost as a result of the shitty people it would have had a stronger impact. thats just my two cents
Revenant
You're really going to make an appeal to reason while carrying around a vat of acid with you everywhere? 🙄
MADBD619
It’s so sad to see how far we have fallen to the point of initiating our own extinction by means of our own greed, selfishness, & arrogance. Leaving only the sentient robots and genetically modified and altered smart cats to rule the world! 😢
hackman669
Thus is like the dark version of Wall E. Perhaps another reality?
Timberwolf Mountaineer
Yeeeee... it's hard to disagree with the obvious. it's only a matter of "when" and "how". Not "if" anymore.
The Irish Rushin
You're talking like this really happened. It's fiction.