Wednesday, July 23, 2025

"21st Century Man"

During the line "Return with what you've learned, they'll kiss the ground you walk upon" in "21st Century Man," there's a synthesizer part something like this:


There are two musical qualities here that match the lyrics.  As if to illustrate the obeisance of "they'll kiss the ground you walk upon," there's a dramatic descent (spanning more than two octaves), and because this descent is conjunct, there's also a sense of the steps involved in that "walk[ing]."