Saturday, November 24, 2012

Song #17: "Piggy Bank" - Never Shout Never


        "Piggy Bank" by Never Shout Never may seem to be an upbeat pop song, but if you look closely, it has transcendental themes intertwined throughout it. In the first verse, the lyrics say "A poor man would kill for the bank but a rich man would die for it. If that's the case, why am I runnin' this race? It's the last place I waste time," which relates to the transcendental belief, often talked about by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essays like Self-Reliance, that money and charity should not define a person. This song also talks about the other common belief that one should not strive for money alone, but to do things they want to do in the lines "If you're working for a paycheck you better cash in, 'cause life's too short to never have lived."

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