Deify

In 2005, the popular metal band known as Disturbed released an album called “Ten-thousand fists” in this album there were many songs about corruption in politics but one song stood out among them due to its brilliant strength lyrically which invites a deeper look into the prose for all of the songs listener’s. This song was created in the post 9-11 era in which tensions between the United States and the Middle East were complicated and a very, controversial touchy topic.
The song begins with a short speech from President Bush in which the president states “Our country is strong and that we go forward to defend freedom for all that is good and just in our world”; however, the lyrics begin with the line “All my devotion betrayed” which is a very powerful statement saying that the speaker of the song had all his trust and beliefs into something but was betrayed by it. In this line the speaker uses pathos to stir up emotion by using the word betrayal. The first stanza is followed up by “I am no longer afraid/I was to blinded to see/How much you’ve stolen from me” which implies a sense of courage from the speaker stepping up after his betrayal.
The second stanza starts off with the speaker saying “You wanna know why I feel so horrified? /I let my innocence die” this is where the speaker begins to let his sense of rebellion loose. The speaker continues on with the lines “you wanna know why I can't be pacified? /you made me bury something/I won't be sleeping tonight” this lets the listener know that he is troubled by what has happened and will not stand for what is happening anymore.
In the third stanza the speaker begins to release his words with an aggressive vibe in which he first defends himself saying” I only wanted the blessing made/Now I've been labeled a renegade” he then goes on to say that” It seems so clear now what I must do/You're no immortal/I won't let them/Deify you” this is where the speaker begins to imply that the President has been raised to a standard almost to where people worship him and he must stand up to get the word out and reveal the president for who he really is a human-being. It is also implied that to whoever hears this song must get the word out to reveal the president.
The fourth stanza is where the speaker tries to help the people realize the horrible things done by following the president and not standing up for what is right “You want to know why it seems the passions died? /We've all been living this lie/you want to know why my will's been fortified? /you’ve made me hunger again/Good luck sleeping tonight” these lines were also meant to stir up people’s emotions and think about what was going on in the world.
The speakers’ message is clear when he continues on throughout the song addressing the fact that the public holds their president with a God-like status deifying him and not realizing what wrong he does due to the fact that people do see him as God-like figure and assume he makes no mistakes.
The speaker focuses the most of the essay arguing on behalf of pathos trying to enlighten the American public on issues involving the President and stir up some controversial responses to the song. The speaker used touchy words such as “betrayed”, “horrified”, and he also spoke to the corrupt government and told them “good luck sleeping tonight”. There was not much credibility in the song thereby ruling out any uses of ethos. The speaker did try and get the audience to use their logic (logos) to realize what was happening and for them to stand up and argue with our politicians.
Before analyzing the song I really had no idea as to the point of it besides the loud guitar and screaming vocals, but after carefully going over the text I learned how the artist where standing up to corruption in our government and where using their music to provoke action from the general public. This is a song in which any metalhead can not only appreciate for its extreme loudness but can also appreciate the message being very well portrayed by the band known as Disturbed.

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