Buckley's making a strong social commentary on the meaningless of daily life spent as a daily drone. He talks about the environment, the meaningless of the media, politics.....essentially the "machine" he talks about in the last line.
You're right about it being about a selfish way of living, but I definitely see it in a more universal context - all humanity is selfish.
I think this song is so much more universal.
Buckley's making a strong social commentary on the meaningless of daily life spent as a daily drone. He talks about the environment, the meaningless of the media, politics.....essentially the "machine" he talks about in the last line.
You're right about it being about a selfish way of living, but I definitely see it in a more universal context - all humanity is selfish.