The Daily Mail

I picture big business owners caught with their pants down.

oops, the "together, together" should be part of the quote. it's in reference to both the hounds and the daily mail.

the daily mail is a british tabloid that pretends to be journalism, similar to fox news in the states.

the song is about the eventual accountability of the insane egotistic sociopaths with power ("lord of all"), like those responsible for the financial crisis, who will justify ("to keep your prices down") any egregious acts ("no regard for human life")

From the first go, I heard this as a reply to pink floyd's "brain damage" from Dark Side of the Moon. The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is on the grass Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon The lunatic is in my head The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me. And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

It's about Wall Street, the banks and the corporate greed that provoked the crisis we're currently living and got away with it. Thom participated in the Occupy! movement in London. Brilliant song.

the Moonies are up on their mountain the lunatics have taken over the asylum waiting on the rapture

singing "we to keep your prices down feed you to the hounds to the Daily Mail" together, together

you made a pig's ear you made a mistake paid off security and got through the gate you got away with it but we lie in wait hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey

where's the truth what's the use i'm hanging around lost and found when you're here innocent fat chance no plan no regard for human life keep on trying you've no right fast and loose you will lose jumped the queue go back again president for life lord of all the flies in the sky the beasts of the earth the fish in the sea you've lost command hey hey, hey hey hey uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh uh

The reference about 'hounds' and 'the Daily Mail'... I think it's all about populism and opium to the people... but the people is waking up.

In the UK there is an immensely popular tabloid newspaper called the Daily Mail - it also publishes in the US and Australia I believe, but is owned by News International, based in London. It is regularly criticised and sued for aggressive breaches of privacy, innacuracy and lies, although these are also the reason this rag is as popular as it is.\n\nAs well as being a promoter of rumours and pop culture it is also known for pushing racism and bigotry. It legitimises stupidity and ignorance by putting it in print nationally.\n\n"Where\'s the truth what\'s the use"\n\nIn 2005 an investigation began into News Corp International (News of the World and the Daily Mail) which found that journalists had been hacking i to the voicemails of celebrities, members of the Royal Family, and dead and missing children, and family members of dead members of the armed forces, as attempts to get info for news stories. As well as a breach of privacy, it also complicated the police\'s ability to track missing children (messages were listened to and deleted after they had disappeared).\n\n"No regard for human life"\n\nNews Corp journos were proven to have committed this crime and an apology was published in their papers.\n\n"You made a pig\'s ear, you made a mistake"\n\nThe enquiry also investigated bribes paid to police to obtain non-public information.\n\n"Paid off security and got through the gate"\n\nAlthough Rupert Murdoch (majority owner), Rebekah Brooks and her husband (CEO) and dozens of others were required to explain themselves to Parliament, arrested, or had their homes raided, I don\'t know if any of them were ever found guilty of anything. Rebekah Brooks and her husband were even caught hiding evidence (laptops, phones, etc) and I believe they got away with it.\n\n"You got away with it but we lie in wait, eh"\n\nThis song is about a parasitic corporation that will publish anything to incite a strong response from readers, whether it\'s racist, untruthful, or just ignorant. This paper was following the Donald Trump playbook when Trump was still just a reality TV host. They operate with little regard for the law or decency and when necessary they just pay fines and continue doing what they\'ve always done. \n\nIt\'s a song about pure evil operating unchecked and abobe the law with an unnatural disregard for humanity and decency. The Daily Mail.

I'm sure it begins "the moonies are up on the mountain", a reference to the religous sect.

It’s about governments being bought out by corporations and then lying to you about why everything is so screwed up. Blaming it on anything and anyone but themselves. And if you start asking questions, or speaking the truth, they come after you. “Feed you to the hounds” being akin to cancelation, deplatforming, reputation smearing, false imprisonment, or worse.

The only thing I find odd about the song is that Thom references The Daily Mail which has always been about human rights and shedding light on corruption and corporate greed. He, quite literally, picked a paper that’s against the same things he says he is. I mean, just read the paper yourself. It’s all about pointing out corruption within the government, corporate greed, calling out lying politician’s BS, etc. It seems like Thom may be out of touch and simply picked the name of a paper that people will recognize. Unless he believes that all papers and all independent journalists everywhere are corrupt and lying to him. That’s a bit far down the old rabbit hole for me, though.

Either way, he’s much better when he’s not letting his activist side boil over into paranoia against the people who support the same things he does.

[Edit: Fixed grammar and expanded answer.]

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