Disturbance At The Heron House Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ZinbobDan 

Cover art for Disturbance At The Heron House lyrics by R.E.M.

the "greens" are those jealous of the people on top, "grunts" are the hard working proletarian...yea, u can easily say it's about a worker's/socialist revolt...

the authorities don't take the threat seriously...i actually don't think everything is under control...i think this song chronicles the unrest precipitating a revolution. the "cogs and grunts and hirelings" who the autorities thought would "lose the heart and head for home" once "feeding time has come and gone" end up rising up and taking over while they weren't being expected