Resistance and 1984

    The lyrics of the song resistance are very well thought out to resemble 1984 but also to resemble every two lovers that cannot love each other because of the circumstances that they have been put in. The song talks about the inner struggle that faces both Winston and Julia when they go to the apartment. They are always faced with the fright of being caught. They understand that one day, someday they might be caught. yet understanding does not necessarily mean that the person embraces this idea or realizes the true implications of it. Everyone that is born knows that one day they shall die but whether they truly realize the true extent of what that means varies from person to person. What everyone does is that they tend to box there fears from death and place it in a corner of their brain telling themselves that today is surely not the day that they will die in. The same went for Winston and Julia they both had extreme fears of being caught but they used their love for each other to overcome that fear. This is what the writer means by 'love is our resistance' meaning that the only thing that keeps us from going insane from fright is our love for each other. For that love and for the love of resistance its self they have both been able to overcome their fear. This does not mean that every time they set foot into the apartment they are not afraid that this will be the time they will be caught but love is just there to help them overcome it.