[1]the strokes wanted the listener to think about not just soma in the literal sense, but the idea of 'soma' and what is might be in real life. soma isn't just a thing, it's an idea. for example:
[2]"soma is what they would take when hard times opened up their eyes."
[3]simply, the song talks about a possible escape. but in the second verse,
[4]"and and then he walks out, somehow he was trying too hard to be like them."
[5]he sees his fiends and the people around him, affected by the equivalent of soma and he wants to be away from it.
"but I'm not listening no more."
[6]somewhat like the other songs that we have heard, this has become a statement of resistance the song provides a perspective that claims to be different: above the influence of the drugs that society keeps pushing.
1. states the main argument and the purpose of the paragraph
2. first example taken from the lyrics
3. explanation of that example
4. the main idea is expanded through the addition of another quote
5. explanation of the example
6. connection to the other songs, concludes by explaining the viewpoint of the narrator
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