Land of Confusion

Land of Confusion The music video I chose for a representation of a phoenix is a cover of “Land of Confusion” by Disturbed. The video focuses on the corruption of government in a capitalist society and the people fighting back for what is rightfully theirs. The beginning of the video starts off with planes with dollar sign symbols on them, bombing city buildings and a big man with a monocle giving orders. As a Phoenix ages, its body withers and dies away. The Phoenix dying represents the destruction of the economy and rioting of the people. During a scene where there are men from different countries at a round table arguing, there’s a man locked up in chains and he eventually breaks through and walks into the rioting city with these lyrics playing, “Men of steel, these men of power/ I'm losing control by the hour/ This is the time, this is the place/ So we look for the future...” The man in chains represents a new beginning and hope for the people. Everyone has gone into hiding and this chained guy stands in front of the attackers, the government, and throws his fist in the air. “This is the world we live in/ And these are the hands we're given/ Use them and let's start trying/ To make it a place worth living in.” The civilians then begin fighting their attackers and fighting for their rights. Toward the end the people, following the chained man, make their way to the big house to defeat the big kahuna to get their rights back. The civilians tie the big guy down and the man in chains flies into the sky and then heads straight down to the big mans belly and he bursts into money. Now the people have claimed their rights and take back the money the government took from