In “Bourbon”, MIDWEST ROYAL presents a lyric that truly criticizes society’s and politics’ vices and does so with image and frustration and a rebellious tone. The song starts with the main character rousing from sleep to the increasing ‘Revolution’. This statement is a metaphor of aggravated normal life and working conditions. The thespreacher considers this as the internal crisis and heads to the bar, but there in the power, they call it progress and there are always casualties.

Words in the lyrics address ‘selfish servants’ and dishonest persons declaring that the manipulated people are used on the political ‘games’ only to benefit the owners. This critical and straightforward assessment of the ruling class and their actions is supported by bold images as the speaker, for example, blasts insider trading or racial gerrymandering.

In the chorus, there is the narrator’s answer to such evil, gaining or losing embattlement accompanied by downing “three fingers of bourbon” and “two fingers smoking” lead to a single finger gesture that sarcastically declares those in power as “number one.”. This interplay of subversion and anger illustrates the post rebel tendencies in the song.

As the song progresses, the speaker asks why there is an endless war and why the social elite would blindly ignore the public intelligence. There are challenges that emanate all over, but the speaker is undeterred and vows to “fight the fight” or “go down swinging.”

To sum up, Bourbon by MIDWEST ROYAL is charged up with raw grunge and defiance. It conveys the exasperation with the political and social revulsions in disguise of clever lyricism and powerful metaphors.