i reckon it has something to do with the seediness of urban life. the opening verse sets a disgusting image of the cigarette smoke etc. then the greasy marionettes is implying people are like puppets to their "greasy" life. the elevator bit is like how people are never satisfied and always want more - 17 floors is fairly high but people still want to go higher and higher. the last bit shows a sort of longing for nature, somewhere horses flee from thunder, bones of a cat burried - its almost as if its implying that humans are destroying nature and will eventually destroy ourselves "wont be long to you and me are gone from here" meaning wont be long till we destroy ourselves. lightening on the ceiling...im not so sure about, maybe like implying how we've made an awesome thing like lightning into something for our convenience in the form of electricity and lights etc
i reckon it has something to do with the seediness of urban life. the opening verse sets a disgusting image of the cigarette smoke etc. then the greasy marionettes is implying people are like puppets to their "greasy" life. the elevator bit is like how people are never satisfied and always want more - 17 floors is fairly high but people still want to go higher and higher. the last bit shows a sort of longing for nature, somewhere horses flee from thunder, bones of a cat burried - its almost as if its implying that humans are destroying nature and will eventually destroy ourselves "wont be long to you and me are gone from here" meaning wont be long till we destroy ourselves. lightening on the ceiling...im not so sure about, maybe like implying how we've made an awesome thing like lightning into something for our convenience in the form of electricity and lights etc