What does a “disconnect” mean exactly, in this context. That the people who are experiencing this economy everyday are somehow not convinced with the left wing propaganda that the economy is just fabulous. Like a scene straight out of 1984, the news keeps reporting that every single economic sector is up, up, up, but you have to ask your neighbor if he can spare a razor so you can shave. This song becomes the number one song overnight from a previously unknown artist, but the economy is great. We all just missed the memo. No big deal. People suffering makes no difference until Election Day when a politician might have to pay for people suffering. But somehow these lyrics are striking a chord with everyone.
I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
So I can sit out here and waste my life away
Drag back home and drown my troubles away
It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is
Livin' in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end
'Cause of rich men north of Richmond