A song one could listen to relaxed on the couch, but also a song one can get up and dance to has a darker message embedded in its lyrics. In the song, "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster The People, there is a sociological perspective about it that can tell us about the possible epidemic that has hit our culture. I believe this song is about how some of our youth are being bullied into an isolation and developing mental demons from this.
The song starts off with the lyrics saying, "Roberts got a quick hand. He'll look around the room, he won't tell you of his plan." This shows that this young man has developed an urge to harm his fellow peers in a shooting. The next line that had a big impact on this song was, "Yeah! He found a six shooter gun." This shows that urges of harming his fellow peers are taking over, Robert wants to act on these urges. In a following line the artist states, "Your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits, yeah?" showing Robert has lost his mind as the a fire eats away at his subconscious telling him right from wrong. "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, You better run, better run, faster than my bullet." This line has the most meaning in the song. This line finally shows that Robert is acting upon these urges of harming his fellow peers in a shooting.
These lines are examples of what is going on in Roberts head. All these lines relate to sociology because what part of Robert's life drove him to want to commit such a horrendous act, and would this way of thinking be different if his life was different? This act seems to be happening more and more frequently in the last 20 years. Our youth of this culture are becoming more and more isolated. This isolation is having a mental affect on our youth. If we can not stop these mental demons from developing in this culture, these horrendous acts will keep happening.
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