Jean Baudrillard - Maxïmo Park

All these objects that are supposed to reveal

The hero we are when behind the wheel

I’ve never identified with the kind of masculine drive

That others possess in a speeding car

Yet how do you engage

With the latest craze

When the most obsolete things

Are all the rage?

Yet how do you engage

With the latest craze

When the most obsolete things

Are all the rage?

How can you turn your back on the working class

When you’ve never faced them in the past?

How can you turn your back on the working class

When you’ve never faced them in the past?

The more energy we burn

The freer we become

When work is the model and the core

Please marginalise

The harsh necessities that tend to arise

When work is the model and the core

Please marginalise

The harsh necessities that tend to arise

The more energy we burn

The freer we become

The masters of our own death

The sun mocks the clouds

But he had needs back in his real life

Is this what he meant by luxury?