I see a Mansard Roof through the trees
I see a salty message written in the eaves
The ground beneath my feet
The hot garbage and concrete
And now the tops of buildings
I can see them too
I see a Mansard Roof through the trees
I see a salty message written in the eaves
The ground beneath my feet
The hot garbage and concrete
And now the tops of buildings
I can see them too
The Argentines collapse in defeat
The admiralty surveys the remnants of the fleet
The ground beneath their feet
Is a nautically map sheet
As thin as paper
While it slips away from you
I see a salty message written in the eaves
The ground beneath my feet
The hot garbage and concrete
And now the tops of buildings
I can see them too
I see a Mansard Roof through the trees
I see a salty message written in the eaves
The ground beneath my feet
The hot garbage and concrete
And now the tops of buildings
I can see them too
The Argentines collapse in defeat
The admiralty surveys the remnants of the fleet
The ground beneath their feet
Is a nautically map sheet
As thin as paper
While it slips away from you
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The last verse is about The Falklands War in the 80s. It was Britain's last real war over a colony. Firstly it points out how the Argentines had no chance against the British Fleet but the British's victory is meaningless as their once great hold over a large portion of the earth through their empire is slipping away.
As for the rest of the song, I'm not so sure. I think that "a salty message written in the eaves" is like a pre-emption of the Falklands war. Over the course of the song the narrator gets higher (in terms of position or drug use I'm not sure), shown by "and now the tops of buildings I can see them too" and by the end they are so high that the ground looks like it does on a map.
By the way, the british were justified in keeping the Falklands islands as the inhabitants have voted many times that they want to stay British.