This is one of my favorite songs on the album.
This song, like most of the songs on the album, is about totalitarianism and heirarchy, and the relationships that come from that.
walking like giant cranes is another reference to being above everybody (see track 6, 2 for more) X-ray eyes stripping you naked refer to machines now in airports:
theregister.co.uk/2004/11/08/heathrow_scanner_pilot/
"are you on the list?" refers to terrorist watch lists at airports.
The chorus, taken from fairy tales, sets the general feeling of fear and intimidation that defines the totalitarian state...Fear of talking, etc.
This is one of my favorite songs on the album. This song, like most of the songs on the album, is about totalitarianism and heirarchy, and the relationships that come from that. walking like giant cranes is another reference to being above everybody (see track 6, 2 for more) X-ray eyes stripping you naked refer to machines now in airports: theregister.co.uk/2004/11/08/heathrow_scanner_pilot/ "are you on the list?" refers to terrorist watch lists at airports. The chorus, taken from fairy tales, sets the general feeling of fear and intimidation that defines the totalitarian state...Fear of talking, etc.