Chinese Whispers

To me this song seems like it is about the fall of America, from the point of view of a Chinese soldier. Imagine the lyrics literally coming from the soldier himself.

"Lined up waiting for the execution Blank stares fall from out of trees Never leave home praying for the new solution Sick from all the indifference in the breeze Put your head down, you're tied up With a blank stare you know that your time's up"

They're executing citizens/soldiers in their own country via hanging.

"Now you're lined up for the execution For de-evolution For the new solution So you can see the way that things are gonna be It seems like you've been running out now"

Americans time as the top superpower of the world is at an end.

"God knows you could lose some pride With an ego you could never even try to hide On your deathbed nobody stops by I remember when you thought you would never die With your head hight, go to sleep forever It's your last endeavor Who could do it better?"

The soldier perceives his captives as arrogant and egotistical for ever thinking what they had would last.

"I know it's just a game to you but not for me"

Not many Americans are scared of something like this potentially happening, when in reality something like this could happen in time.

"With fear in your eyes lie still in your bed Don't concern yourself with things left unsaid"

This is where the title comes in. How many Americans today could hear, much less understand, anything whispered in Chinese? This line is the soldier sarcastically taking a shot at his captive(s), knowing full well that they can't understand what it is he's been saying anyways.

"Your contribution is slowing progress You can't build something with empty promises"

America viewed as a detriment on a global scale.

"Every second is passing by so fast Everything that you cling to will not last There's a chemical weapon made from all your broken dreams From all your broken dreams"

Once again reinforcing that the America has fallen and the world has a new leader in China.

It might be about people who break someone's psyche/self-respect, kill him and use his corpse and remaining bodily fluids to create a badass chemical weapon.

I get a racism/superiority complex theory from this song. Final solution, trying to wipe out people they consider to be an inferior race, and all the mention of pride, and thinking they're immortal. I'd get into a bigger explanation if I had time.

to me it sounds like they are writing about a person who knows they are wrong but have so much pride they will not give up on their stance. they talk about how this person is ready for their death but they also bring up ego a lot. "dont concern yourself with things left unsaid" and "god knows you could lose some pride" kind of point in that direction.

i dont think they soviet/neo nazi terminology really implies that they are talking about some racist bastard here, i think they are just giving the song some stylistic cues