Mitski - Working For The Knife Meaning
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Song Released: 2021
Working For The Knife Lyrics
I guess 'cause I wish I was making things too
But I'm working for the knife
I used to think I would tell stories
But nobody cared for the stories I had
About no good guys
I always knew the world moves on
I...
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#1 top rated interpretation:"working for the knife" is definitely not about murder. it's essentially a critique of capitalism: the narrator is talking about how her childhood dreams, all her hopes and individuality got sucked away by this system that expects us to be solely a cog in this giant machine, to give up your life to work for something you can't even see or benefit off of. about how this 9 to 5 job is stripping off her identity because in the end, your work all you are and will ever be in the eyes of capitalism.
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