Is There Something I Should Know?

These lyrics are so wrong, it's frightening.

The song is clearly directed toward a divine being. I actually didn't figure that out until seeing the video so the video clued me in. But then it was obvious. The lines "There's a dream that strings the road, with broken glass for US to hold" and "And fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door". And "I know you're watching me every minute of the day, I've seen the signs..." and "Can you read my mind can you see in the snow". I personally think the red ball stands for knowledge. I don't know why I think that but I do.

this song is either about searching for the meaning to faith in something or getting a clue that you need to "s$#T or get off the pot" in a relationship. I lean toward the latter because "don't say you're easy on me, because you're about as easy as a nuclear war" sounds like he's frustrated with a relationship

At the time when it came out, within the video, and even more so nowadays, I always thought it was about living under surveillance. Not a paranoid person, but someone who has come to accept it as a fact of life and sees the folks watching him as a kind of a friendly anonymous acquaintance. He wonders what their intentions are and would like to be advised on what would please them. The lyrics seem to address what we are feeling at some point in our lives; as if we are living in a prison, and for everywhere we go, it's really just an illusion.

great

I love this song. Great video too. Kinda Alice In Wonderlandish. The instrumental break reminds me of the theme from the movie Heathers.

my favourite

The lyrics of the song seem to indicate either he is thinking about breaking up with someone or commiting suicide.

But I have no idea what the video is all about, the black and white clips just freak me out, and I don't know why a kid is chasing around a red ball, or why the band is singing towards a light.

All of their other videos seemed to have a theme or tell a story this seems like it came out of a dream or something.

Cannot believe nobody's commented on the following line: "There's a dream that strings the road of broken glass for us to hold." It has to do with a wedding/a marriage.... a "string" ties people together, and the broken glass references the way a Jewish couple would stomp on whatever they stomp on once the Rabbi announces they're married. "For us to hold" references "to have and to hold until death do us part." "You're about an easy as a nuclear war" should become a line on the cover of a Hallmark card. I love it!

The DD's songs in the 80's were the best!