| Electric Six – When I Get to the Green Building Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Actually, Dick said in an interview on Skratch Magazine (http://www.skratchmagazine.com/interviews/interviews.php?id=299) that the building was a green Domino's Farm building, and that trying to get into that place was a "metaphor for death." You can see that in the last part of the song, there are a bunch of near-death situations, a glass-heart that is hidden so it can't be broken, who gets to live & die on thrill rides, and gamblers (which may not be a near-death situation, but, sometimes desperate near-death times call for desperate gambling measures). The final image in the song of someone ringing the doorbell on the green building symbolizes a confrontation with death. "Isn't it interesting?" really is asking about life in general and how we (as human beings) deal with death. He makes clear references to the afterlife and death in the lyrics "Satan's cheerleaders" "selling our children's souls" and "angels and demons." If you look at "my arrival will be televised when I get to the green building" it's really about arriving in heaven or hell. This may be talking about celebrities (seeing as E6 is a relatively popular band...Although personally, I think they deserve more credit than they get) and how celebrity death's are publicized. This may also be about our desires as humans to be remembered when we're gone. There are tons of bizarre images that could be indications of heaven or hell throughout the song. For example, cheerleaders dancing around a maypole in the cold month of December. Maypole dancing is usually done in May, a warm month, but is instead done in a cold month. Plus, the cheerleaders are "Satan's cheerleaders" which is pretty magical in and of itself. Angels & demons holding hands & whistling 'Dixie.'--Angels & demons are obviously not supposed to be friends, but in the song, they are, and they even whistle together. These are both strange images that most likely happen in larger-than-life places, such as heaven or hell. Also, these images show contrasts of what *should* be happening with what *is* happening, which can be interpreted as indications of the in-between stages of the soul. Perhaps the person in the song has finally died, and is therefore seeing "spectacles" for the first time in a long time. It is important to note that "the demon sings" when the "doorbell rings at the green building." Since Dick said that getting into the building is a metaphor for death, it shows that the character in the song is probably going to hell, as indicated by the demon singing. The character rings the doorbell, which is a final confrontation with death. |
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