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#1 cpo335
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Alright, I don't like asking for tips on OT (and since I know next to NOTHING about music), but I need to find a song (anything, just not explicit) that coincides with a character/theme of the book "The Great Gatsby." The theme is the death of the American Dream and decadence, and a major symbol in the book are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg (just two eyes on a billboard) which symbolise if God is watching us or if he left us. For those who don't know what that book is, it is about [spoiler] a man named Nick who befriends a crazy-rich (like Bill Gates rich) man named Gatsby. Gatsby is deeply, deeply in love with this other lady named Daisy whom he tracks down to NYC after he returns from WW1.

They both loved each other, but she couldn't marry him because he was very poor so she married a very rich man (whom she loved at the time). In NYC, Gatsby wants Nick to set him up with Daisy (he is VERY desperate) because Nick is a mutual friend.

He does that, but Daisy learns that Gatsby's wealth has accumulated from illegal gang activites (like bootlegging, etc. think mafia stuff), so she chooses to stay with her current husband (who is an emotionally abusive jerk who is cheating on her). Gatsby is distraught since his sole motivation to live was to be with Daisy and now he can't have her. At the end of the book, he is framed (by Daisy's husband) for a murder and is shot.

The theme is decadence, the death of the American Dream, and a major symbol in the book is the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg (they are just two eyes on a billboard) which symbolise if God can see everything or if he left us. [/spoiler]

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#2 geodisicdome
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carry on my wayward son by kansas
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#3 Dalo12345
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This maybe?

Lyrics: Feeling Taken, God Do I Hate.
Pinstripped, Blacktied, Corporate Minds
That Hate.
All That They See Fit To Be Theirs.
Giving Nothing Except Only To Their Heirs.
Desease Kills Constantly Unseen.
The Rich Pad Their Pockets, And Fulfill Their
Money Schemes.
Human Waste, Sucking Off The Cement
They Beg, You See Nothing, You're Too
Innocent.
All That You Hold
If You Owe, They Have Sold.
Interest Indeed
What I See Is Greed
I Profit Off
All That You've Got.
Give It To Me.
Others Worse, They'll **** You With Greed.
Friendly Investment, On Their Minds
Embezzling.
Foolish Suckers, You're Born Every Day.
Use Them, Confuse Them, And Then They Are
Kicked Away.
Rip You Off For All That You're Worth.
A Quick Scheme Your Dreams Are Face Down In
The Dirt.
Bleeding Hearts, They've Got No Conscience
For You.
You Luck, **** Luck, You're ****ed,
You're Through.
All That You Hold
If You Owe, They Have Sold.
Interest Indeed
What I See Is Greed
I Profit Off
All That You've Got.
Give It To Me.
[ Solo: Demmel ]
I Know I'm Not Against A Quick Buck.
Profit Margin, I'd Like To Have One Myself,
But Then, Some Scum, Money Is All That
They Want.
Immaculate Dreamland, For Their Needs They
Will Rip You Off
Give Me Cash, Give Me All That You've Got
Fill My Pockets, Hand It Over, Do Not Conserve.
Rich Making Poor Is All I Want To Be.
I Profit, Embezzle, Cold Cash For Me.
All That You Hold
If You Owe, They Have Sold.
Interest Indeed
What I See Is Greed.
I Profit Off
All That You've Got.
Give It To Me.
Sifting My Hands, Through The Color, The Money,
The Green I Must See, Only This Is No Dream.
I'm No Longer The Scum On The Street Not The Bum
That You Scrape Off Your Shoes As You Turn.

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#4 Paladin_King
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Death huh? That's metal I recommend "Staring from the Abyss" by Origin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vEXGM1tlgM&feature=related
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#6 cpo335
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Thanks so much guys, I appreciate it a lot.