Full song analysis

BIS began as a scottish indie band in 1994 and producing music on into the early two thousands before breaking up in two thousand and three only to reunit briefly in o'seven and then again in o'nine much more permanently remaining active today. Giving the punk scene an anthem in “Statement of Intent”, BIS used resentful satire, well placed personification, and reoccurring rhyme scheme to convey a message from the disconnected youth to corrupt and out of touch governments. While not widely know this song has found a massive cult fallowing thanks to its involvement in video game culture.

To begin with satire the song makes a point of calling out the current leaders without stating clearly if they mean politicians, parents, or just authority in general. Pointing out the inevitability of the youth that's being rejected ending up in charge and that “the might mountains your building” will eventually fall into the hands of the kids they repress and those so called mountains of society may well be torn down. “Making discos of your castles we are tearing up your plans” the song exclaims excitedly showing that you can't fight your successors and should avoid building resentment in them, comparing the rules to castles and turning them into discos or chaos the youth position is that authority is incorrect.

Personification is prevalent giving the bureaucratic process a human quality. The speakers in the song make claims of refusing to be filed or copied for the bureaucracy, here called bureaucratic man, and claiming that careless children never perish. It speaks volumes about the boundless possibilities of youth to think that something that's so prevalent can simply be refused but also portrays a sort of arrogance that can only be found in people who lack perspective. They go so far as to say that they need no history because “Museums are made to lie. We won’t be xeroxed for the future. Careless children never die” and it's kind of sad because while they reject tyranny they also fail to see the benefits and positives of knowing the past.

Finally we have rhyme scheme. Throughout the piece we have an on and off last word rhyme scheme with assonance as it's primary relation. This doesn't really have much to do with the theme on first glance but inside it relates specific words such as lie and die, always very provocative statements involved. They make a very powerful impact when you start stringing them all together to see the whole picture of the song as less of an assault on authority but more a letter about the pointlessness of fighting against the youth.