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Missy Higgins – Hidden Ones Lyrics 12 years ago
Statue of Liberty in the first verse; the verse after that is about offshore oil drilling.
Verse after the first chorus is about the Arab Spring.
Then the boy with the gun is a reference to school shootings, with a possible emphasis on the plight of the Aboriginal people (And the stories of his ancestors / They will never be sung).
The circus from the bridge is about the media circus / reality shows like the Kardashians, and how society lets troubled youth fall through the cracks while they're busy being distracted by things that do not concern them.

P.s. correction: "pull a king", not "fallen king". From official lyrics: http://missyhiggins.com/2012/06/set-me-on-fire/ (yup, that's the URL to Hidden Ones)

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