Billy Talent: Worker Bees Meaning

Worker Bees Lyrics

March on, worker bees!
Know your enemy!

We take our orders given by the queen
We're not the killers, we're the worker bees
If you resist us you will feel our sting
Surrender now before the swarm sets in

Protect the hive from...

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   anonymous

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   Aug 14th 2007 !⃝

   Not just that:
   It about the US involvment in Iraq yes but also what its
   about-oil(supply of honey dripping endlessly)
   it also says that if you piss off the US they will screw you(play by our rules or you'll be powerless) and how by correcting one wrong they hope that it will make up for others and "cleanse them" or save their souls.
   Also(sorry I'm jumping around) I belive the worker bees are other countrines blindly following the lead of the US just like worker bees follow the queen bee.
2. Whitie910

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   Jul 6th 2013 !⃝

   For those of you bashing Americans for thinking it's about our country, it sure sounds like it.
   
   "A pollination coming from the west.
   And in a flash we will invade your nest.
   Supply of honey flowing bottomless.
   Live by our rules or you'll be powerless."
   
   It sounds like a country from the west is invading another for the resources the latter posseses. So how many countries in the Western Hemisphere invade other countries for resources such as oil? I'm not happy about what my government has done or what they are currently doing, but there isn't really much I can do about it.
   
   Maybe it's not about America. Maybe the band was angered by the resources Canada was stealing from the Middle East. But I don't think Canada has led any oppresive charges recently.
3. anonymous

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   Nov 8th 2012 !⃝

   It is about the Americans stealing oil and being ruthless or something
4. anonymous

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   Oct 24th 2012 !⃝

   It is not about world war 2
   Dumb ass, and yes, they ARE singing about America,
   God damn coon
   It is about Americas ruthlessness,
   Think about Libya, gaddafi was a good guy, but Libya did not want to be apart of the us dollar, so they demonized him
   Bastard Americans....
5. anonymous

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   Oct 8th 2012 !⃝

   I am sorry, but why wouldnt or couldnt billy talent write a song about the american war? like really, the states actions have a huge impact on Canada and Canadians, and this is coming from a Canadian from the prairies! I think what the people have commented are genius and really helpful in getting to the deeper meaning of this song! I think the 'we take orders from the queen' line is about how the soliders must follow through with the orders they are given from higher persons.
6. anonymous

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   Aug 27th 2012 !⃝

   U retards. Billy Talent is a Canadian band. Why would they sing anything about the states? It's obviously about a war somewhere. It says "would you die for your home" in it. Last line. And not about George Bush. U topical Americans think everything is about yourselves...

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7. anonymous

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   Dec 14th 2010 !⃝

   Wow. This is the deepest Billy Talent song I've ever hear. I think it's about German soldiers in 1942. If you resist us you will feel our sting...Surrender now before the swarm sets in...Protect the hive from enemeies...Play by our rules or you'll be powerless...And we'll march along, with our blindfolds on...And we'll ride the rails, with our pistols drawn.

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8. anonymous

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   Oct 18th 2007 !⃝

   Good call on the oil and honey notion, didn't notice that.
9. anonymous

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   Aug 12th 2007 !⃝

   This is about George Bush being the queen bee of America and how the worker bees are the soldiers in Iraq, fighting to save themselves and their souls.
10. anonymous

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    Aug 8th 2007 !⃝

    Well, I do agree with you, It is about some kind of soldiers or it could also be about the business industry because people's bosses work them like they are soldiers! "WE TAKE OUR ORDERS FROM THE QUEEN"- from the boss heh
11. anonymous

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    Mar 28th 2007 !⃝

    I think song is about soldiers in Iraq. The Analogy is quite genius and it is good.

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