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2	[[caption-width-right:320:''If I had been God, with my staff and my rod, I could have done a better job.'']]
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4	''Is This the Life We Really Want?'' is a 2017 album by Music/RogerWaters, and his first rock album since 1992's ''Amused to Death''.
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6	Waters promoted this album with his ''Us and Them'' world tour.
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10	!!Are these the tropes we really want?
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12	* AGodAmI: The first verse of "Déjà Vu".
13	-->"If I had been God
14	-->With my staff and my rod
15	-->If I had been given the nod
16	-->[[NayTheist I believe I could have done a better job]]"
17	* {{Anaphora}}: Each verse in "Picture That" features a chunk of consecutive lines that all start with the verb "picture." Verse three is made almost entirely of these lines, with the sole exception of a TitleDrop in the middle.
18	* CallBack: The instrumentals for "Déjà Vu" are bound to remind one of [[Music/{{Animals\|1977}} "Pigs on the Wing"]].
19	** The drum groove and bassline of "Smell The Roses" resemble a slightly sped-up "[[Music/WishYouWereHere1975 "Have A Cigar"]].
20	** [[Music/WishYouWereHere1975 "Wish you were here in Guantanamo Bay!"]]
21	* CensorBox: The album cover is covered with these.
22	* ClusterFBomb: "Picture That":
23	-->Picture a courthouse with no fucking laws\
24	Picture a cathouse with no fucking whores\
25	Picture a shithouse with no fucking drains\
26	Picture a leader with no fucking brains.
27	* ConceptAlbum
28	* ListSong: "Is This The Life We Really Want?"
29	* ProductPlacement: From "The Last Refugee":
30	-->''"...punch their iPhones..."''
31	* SpokenWordInMusic: The TitleTrack opens with an excerpt from an exchange between UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and CNN reporter Jim Acosta, leading into the lyrics' rumination on the sociocultural factors that led to Trump becoming president of the United States.
32	-->"So, as an example, you're CNN. I mean it's story, after story, after story is bad. I won. I won. And the other thing, chaos. There’s zero chaos. We are running. This is a fine-tuned mach--"
33	* TakeThat: The album and its promotional tour, titled ''Us + Them'', is an indictment on US president UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's far-right political standing, in particular the "travel ban" bills and the Republican Party's attempts at dismantling of the Affordable Care Act and his predecessor UsefulNotes/BarackObama's progressive social policies.

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