-What is the song about? How do you know (lyrical evidence)?
-What musical elements add to your lyrical interpretation?
-How does this song relate to propaganda, persuasion, argument, deception, or rhetoric?
This song is talking about the Holocaust/Nazi Germany. The lyrics say, "Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?" and also briefly referenced the fall of the Berlin Wall. It says later that they "will train [their] blue-eyed men to be young believers, meaning that people that were the stereotyped blonde-haired blue-eyed would be given freedom and opportunity.
The background music is very short and staccato, giving the song a specific feeling of restriction. This imitates the government style at this time, which was extraordinarily strict and oppressive.
The song shows propaganda and persuasion through the intended recruitment of the "blue-eyed men" and deception through Hitler's intentions and actions. It illustrates that people were called upon to be "believers" (or were not) based on things that completely out of their control.
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