"The truth had stopped and the skyline rose, exchanging comfort for more fashionable clothes. I'd left the hills at this point in time to run on treadmills in a perfect line" addresses the move from truth and nature to cities, trends, and technology. Instead of enjoying the beauty of nature, we destroy it and then run on treadmills like products in a factory, moving down the conveyor belt.
"And if this is fun, why am I so bored with it?" is about the disposability of our creations. We are constantly coming up with things that are newer and better, but it is never good enough. It's fun at first, but we soon get bored and look for the new best fun thing.
"Guilty cocker spaniels eating table scraps. Well we rolled over, how our masters clapped. It felt so good we wanted more than that." Conformity. We do what society wants us to do so we fit in.
"Didn't buy a face, no just a mask, so happy Halloween!" Seems like plastic surgery to me.
"I drew a blank, we put it in a frame" I kind of see this as a reference to pop culture. Modern pop acts like Miley Cyrus are completely devoid of any creativity or talent or truth, but our culture celebrates them anyway.
"Wait, what, you're winning? You didn't say this was a game. I guess I'll just have to play and play until I'm out of cash" Our culture tends to make life a competition, the goal being to have a better job, a bigger house, a fancier TV, and more money than everyone else. People spend their lives in the rat race, competing with their peers.
"Can we find a way to blame our way out?" references how sue-happy we are. People get fat from eating too much fast food and sue McDonalds. People take no responsibility, and just try to blame their way out of their own problems.
I take this song as a kind of social commentary.
"The truth had stopped and the skyline rose, exchanging comfort for more fashionable clothes. I'd left the hills at this point in time to run on treadmills in a perfect line" addresses the move from truth and nature to cities, trends, and technology. Instead of enjoying the beauty of nature, we destroy it and then run on treadmills like products in a factory, moving down the conveyor belt.
"And if this is fun, why am I so bored with it?" is about the disposability of our creations. We are constantly coming up with things that are newer and better, but it is never good enough. It's fun at first, but we soon get bored and look for the new best fun thing.
"Guilty cocker spaniels eating table scraps. Well we rolled over, how our masters clapped. It felt so good we wanted more than that." Conformity. We do what society wants us to do so we fit in.
"Didn't buy a face, no just a mask, so happy Halloween!" Seems like plastic surgery to me.
"I drew a blank, we put it in a frame" I kind of see this as a reference to pop culture. Modern pop acts like Miley Cyrus are completely devoid of any creativity or talent or truth, but our culture celebrates them anyway.
"Wait, what, you're winning? You didn't say this was a game. I guess I'll just have to play and play until I'm out of cash" Our culture tends to make life a competition, the goal being to have a better job, a bigger house, a fancier TV, and more money than everyone else. People spend their lives in the rat race, competing with their peers.
"Can we find a way to blame our way out?" references how sue-happy we are. People get fat from eating too much fast food and sue McDonalds. People take no responsibility, and just try to blame their way out of their own problems.
I absolutely adore this song.