From the time she could crawl
She was all draped in macrame.
She was preened and redeemed
In a church that tried to show the way.
She was taught to never ask for more,
They had no idea of what she had in store.
She's the queen of the 21st century,
Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
Analog heart, analog nerves, analog brain,
But a fixture of the digital domain.
From the time she could read
She could see that there was urgency,
No debate, just a spate of ignorance
In a splintering community.
She could never meet their expectations,
Then she came to symbolize the nation.
She's the queen of the 21st century,
Just a shred of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
Steeped in spite, coddled in fear, drenched in novelty,
But masterful at sensual technology.
She's the queen, no rules in her empire.
She's the queen, just libido and desire.
She's the lean, mean, fighting machine,
The stuff of modern media lore
And she always knows the score.
She's the queen of the 21st century,
Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
Fallen star, black and blue,
Broken hearts, wasted youth,
Rusted cars, twisted roots,
Mental scars, the ugly truth.
She's the queen of the 21st century
And she's a modern-day polemic,
A walking controversy.
She's the queen!
Version | Length | Release | Catalog ID | Country | Format | Year |
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4:17 | The New America | 6998-2 | Europe | CD | 2008 | |
4:17 | The New America | QDCA 93300 | Japan | CD | 2000 | |
4:17 | The New America | n/a | Thailand | MC | 2000 | |
4:17 | The New America | Europe | CD | 2000 | ||
4:17 | The New America | ESCA 8152 | Japan | CD | 2000 | |
4:17 | The New America | ESCA 8152 | Japan | CD | 2000 | |
4:17 | The New America | Ukraine | CD | 2000 |
rafaelDeadFish
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This song may is talking only of the simple theme: The emperial queens of atuality who are "used" just for symbol to your nation (She could never meet their expectations Then she came to symbolize the nation). Under the technology-economic progress of today the words of the queens don't make political effect. While she are the persuading your people, the thrue govenment do the thrue political debate. Queens of the 21st century: just tradicional ghost of a tradicional past.
07/10/2006 at 02:04
This song may is talking only of the simple theme: The emperial queens of atuality who are "used" just for symbol to your nation (She could never meet their expectations Then she came to symbolize the nation). Under the technology-economic progress of today the words of the queens don't make political effect. While she are the persuading your people, the thrue govenment do the thrue political debate. Queens of the 21st century: just tradicional ghost of a tradicional past.
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hkypunk
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ah, at last a female version of "21st Century Digital Boy." like that song, this one seems pretty self-explanatory, but it makes some excellent points. one of the best lines is "she could never meet their expectations/then she came to symbolize the nation." ironic and interesting! rock on, punk children...
03/09/2006 at 19:43
ah, at last a female version of "21st Century Digital Boy." like that song, this one seems pretty self-explanatory, but it makes some excellent points. one of the best lines is "she could never meet their expectations/then she came to symbolize the nation." ironic and interesting! rock on, punk children...
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Dex
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I was just listening to this today (12.16.05), watching all the college kids here at OSU pace around with dead eyes while they listen to the newest Nickel;back track on their iPod, and it was then that I noticed that this song is kind of a heavier-referencing version of Digital Boy, in that the end lines of the choruses show how little people actually know about being around other people in real life beyond getting what they want. For Example: "Steeped in spite, coddled in fear, drenched in novelty/but masterful at sensual technology..." Such as someone talking to their neighbor two blocks away on AIM instead of just stopping by. But I could be wrong. Wouldn't be the first time, and it definitely won't be the last.
12/17/2005 at 01:48
I was just listening to this today (12.16.05), watching all the college kids here at OSU pace around with dead eyes while they listen to the newest Nickel;back track on their iPod, and it was then that I noticed that this song is kind of a heavier-referencing version of Digital Boy, in that the end lines of the choruses show how little people actually know about being around other people in real life beyond getting what they want. For Example: "Steeped in spite, coddled in fear, drenched in novelty/but masterful at sensual technology..." Such as someone talking to their neighbor two blocks away on AIM instead of just stopping by. But I could be wrong. Wouldn't be the first time, and it definitely won't be the last.
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