I found this song to be very rich in meaning. I think it is about someone who watches the world become more and more obsessed with earthly values such as sex and diamonds. They begin to realize that the world is falling apart under the effect of these shallow obsessions. And they come to realize that they must surrender to our reality…they realize that society is helpless and that we are doomed…“I unfurl my flag my nation helpless”. They discover that society is “something ugly” that we are “rotting to the core”, and they realize that they themselves are “godless”, as they too have fallen under the effects of society. It makes you wonder whether or not there is any true universal morality, and makes you question whether or not true art and true freedom can exist in the society that we have created, and the society that we insist on upholding.
I found this song to be very rich in meaning. I think it is about someone who watches the world become more and more obsessed with earthly values such as sex and diamonds. They begin to realize that the world is falling apart under the effect of these shallow obsessions. And they come to realize that they must surrender to our reality…they realize that society is helpless and that we are doomed…“I unfurl my flag my nation helpless”. They discover that society is “something ugly” that we are “rotting to the core”, and they realize that they themselves are “godless”, as they too have fallen under the effects of society. It makes you wonder whether or not there is any true universal morality, and makes you question whether or not true art and true freedom can exist in the society that we have created, and the society that we insist on upholding.