Hey you slave, go hang your owners
Draw your names among their ashes
Lay your children on their thrones
Gather 'round and fall right down
Here at sundown nothing is when
Everything is all right
Switch opens
Opening around and let's the garden rise
Switch is on
Hey, you patients
Where's your surgeon
Left with your
Insides open
Hung your hearts out
On the table
Gather 'round and fall right down
Feel the air now
Stumbling and wander in the moonshine
Switch opens
Nothing is when everything is all right
Switch is on
Draw your names among their ashes
Lay your children on their thrones
Gather 'round and fall right down
Here at sundown nothing is when
Everything is all right
Switch opens
Opening around and let's the garden rise
Switch is on
Hey, you patients
Where's your surgeon
Left with your
Insides open
Hung your hearts out
On the table
Gather 'round and fall right down
Feel the air now
Stumbling and wander in the moonshine
Switch opens
Nothing is when everything is all right
Switch is on
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I honestly have tried so hard to understand this song, but I can't. My best guess is that it is about just changing things. The slaves hanging the owners, the patients STOP getting surgery. Think about hollywood and how many people give up their hearts and pride just to look beautiful. "Feel the air now, stumbling and wander in the moonshine" basically is saying now that you've had surgery, feel the changes, can you live with it?
When the switch is on, things change.
slaves for masters, children in roles of authority(thrones)
do we need those above us
the second verse shows that they have important roles and without those above us we would be in chaos like a patient without a surgeon left with your insides open it is a graphich description to emphasise the point that those above us have a purpose.
i am not saying u should not aim high but don't condemn those doing their jobs which can be seen as being above us. its the way of the world.
And then there's the chorus. I've been clueless on this part for a long time, but I'll try and take a shot. "Stumbling and wander in the moonshine" = Confusion. You don't know what to do, either because you've acted and broken free from whatever was holding you back (be it your masters, or just your daily routine). "Nothing is when everything is all right." Normal is not alright. It's nothing. It's average. It's a daily routine (like in PJ's Slight of Hand)
I think this song is about self-awakening. About coming to life. About turning your switch on, and letting the gears in your head work. It's about breaking free, and living.
To me, it's about living.
As opposed to 'closing the switch' and letting the current pass through, instead 'open the switch' and move through the gate to see what possibilities await on the other side.
It's about destroying the old familiar and stagnant in favor of the new and unknown possibilities. Kinda like being born, it's a terrifying process. But literally everything awaits on the other side of this barrier.
Just listen to the lyrics with all of that in mind and everything about this song falls into place.
The "switch" is actually a whip.
"switch opens" = a whip opens.
And in the "Switch is on" part you can hear Chris doing a whipping sound.