There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

Marks of Identity is among other things the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country.

There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.

Without alienation there can be no politics.

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are they provide something steady reliable and safe in a confusing world.

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.

I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. 'The Last One Alive ' for me is very simple. It's just about alienation really that causes anger.