This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
All the way from where we came
Built a mansion in a day
Distant lightning, thunder claps
Watched our neighbor's house collapse
Looked the other way
And then the storm was overhead
All the oceans boiled and rivers bled
We auctioned off our memories
In the absence of a breeze
Scatter what remains
Scatter what remains
Pushed away I'm pulled toward
A comedown of revolving doors
Every warning we ignored
Drifting in from distant shores
The wind presents a change of course
A second reckoning of sorts
We were wasted waiting for
A comedown of revolving doors
Fate don't fail me now
And when the days that followed past
In another mansion built to last
From our window we could see
Only possibilities down the road and back
But then the storm returned for more
In a comedown of revolving doors
We auctioned off our memories
In the absence of a breeze
Scatter what remains
Scatter what remains
Pushed away I'm pulled toward
A comedown of revolving doors
Every warning we ignored
Drifting in from distant shores
The wind presents a change of course
A second reckoning of sorts
We were wasted waiting for
A comedown of revolving doors
Fate don't fail me now
Fate don't fail me now
Fate don't fail me now
Fate don't fail me now
Built a mansion in a day
Distant lightning, thunder claps
Watched our neighbor's house collapse
Looked the other way
And then the storm was overhead
All the oceans boiled and rivers bled
We auctioned off our memories
In the absence of a breeze
Scatter what remains
Scatter what remains
Pushed away I'm pulled toward
A comedown of revolving doors
Every warning we ignored
Drifting in from distant shores
The wind presents a change of course
A second reckoning of sorts
We were wasted waiting for
A comedown of revolving doors
Fate don't fail me now
And when the days that followed past
In another mansion built to last
From our window we could see
Only possibilities down the road and back
But then the storm returned for more
In a comedown of revolving doors
We auctioned off our memories
In the absence of a breeze
Scatter what remains
Scatter what remains
Pushed away I'm pulled toward
A comedown of revolving doors
Every warning we ignored
Drifting in from distant shores
The wind presents a change of course
A second reckoning of sorts
We were wasted waiting for
A comedown of revolving doors
Fate don't fail me now
Fate don't fail me now
Fate don't fail me now
Fate don't fail me now
Lyrics submitted by CataclysmicDisaster
Speed the Collapse Lyrics as written by James Shaw Emily Haines
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I think it's specifically about the housing crash. "Distant lightning, thunder claps /Watched our neighbor's house collapse/Looked the other way." That's happening all over the place - our neighbors' houses are foreclosing, and we're just looking the other way.
"Built a mansion in a day" - sort of a double interpretation here. 1) It could mean people buying into homes they can't afford, essentially "building a mansion in a day," not foreseeing that they won't be able to afford said mansion.
Or 2) "In another mansion built to last" - the 1%, if you will, chillin' in their mansions, watching as the 99% are dealing with the "storm overhead," having to "auction off their memories" (memories made in their homes).
I dunno, I'm probably reading way too much into it, being way too specific.