Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by hobart 

Cover art for Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over) lyrics by Radiohead

seems pretty straightforward.

Just saying how meaningless our individual lives have become in the grand scheme of things, with the patriot act and all. It seems to be about a fear of having your entire past and present erased from the face of the earth, almost to have never existed in the first place as in 1984.
Hey, the US government can imprison you indefinately without giving you access to a lawyer if they suspect you of "terrorism," it only seems like a matter of time...