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| − | * A portmanteau of '''arena''', '''America''', '''Canada''' and '''''Americana'''''. The '''arena''' frame is explicitly Roman / martyrological — the Colosseum as the space where the early Christian martyrs were made into spectacle for the state. Returns, via ''[[Inferno]]'', to the American-imperial / spectacle-of-suffering concerns of ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'' ("[[Sick Times]]", "[[Come To Dust]]").
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| − | * Another possible portmanteau is '''Arena''', '''America''', '''nada''', where "nada" is Latin for zero, or nothing/nothingness. The American Arena as a void, or more specifically the entertainment industry as it relates to religious broadcasting being a void, which connects with the televangelical imagery seen in Tape 05.
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| − | * Simultaneously returns the band to the Canadian-imagined-America motif that defined ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' — the National Film Board of Canada soundtracks of Mike and Marcus's childhood, the "Canada" in the band's name.
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| − | * The hanging suffix "-ada" (as in ''canada'') doubles the word — ''America-Canada-da-da'' — a small formal-poetic gesture characteristic of BoC titling.
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| | == Samples / Lyrics == | | == Samples / Lyrics == |
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