"Revolution Calling"
For a price I'd do about anything*except pull the trigger,*for that I'd need a pretty good cause*Then I heard of Dr. X*the man with the cure,*just watch the television*yeah, you'll see there's something going on*Got no love for politicians*or that crazy scene in DC*It's just a powermad town,*but the time is ripe for changes*there's a growing feeling*that taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due*I used to trust the media*to tell me the truth, tell us the truth*But now I've seen the payoffs*everywhere I look*Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?*Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling you*There's a Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling*Gotta make a change*Gotta push, push it on through*I'm tired of all this bullshit*they keep selling me on TV*about the communist plan*and all the shady preachers*begging for my cash*Swiss bank accounts while giving their secretaries the slam*They're all in Penthouse now*or Playboy Maganzine, million dollar stories to tell*I guess Worhol wasn't wrong,*fame fifteen minutes long,*everyone's using everybody, making the sale*I used to think that only America's way, way was right*But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives,*gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies*Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling you*There's a Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling*Gotta make a change*Gotta push, gotta push it on through*I used to trust the media*to tell me the truth, tell us the truth*But now I've seen the payoffs*everywhere I look*Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?*Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling you*There's a Revolution Calling*Revolution Calling*Gotta make a change*Gotta push, gotta push it on through

    Here we learn about Nikki.  We find that he is digusted with politics, believing it is just a platform for a rich minority to gain and exert power.  He believes that the leaders of organized religion are hypocrites, because he sees how they adamantly pursue money, power, and sex .  The mass media, too, is a recepticle for his dislike.  He sees that it is biased and skews events.  He feels alienated, because he naïvely trusted the media for years to report the truth impartially.  We are told that he is the type that sells himself to the highest bidder, though he is not violent.  When he hears of Dr. X, he is overcome by urges to attack the system that controls society, believing whatever rhetoric X puts out.  He has finally found a way of acting on the hostile feelings he has toward those in control of society.
    No deep meaning or profound images, but this song does act to criticize several institutions.  It labels politics as a mad power struggle.  It casts religious leaders down as hypocrites, after money, power, and sex.  It tells how the media is biased and skews stories to fit preconcieved notions.  Political scientists and analysts admit and teach that the media is decidedly liberal.  The media is a business; it tries to sell you its opinions under the guise of "impartially" reporting events.