it's about stepping back, and giving up, and letting your care for the world float down the river, washing your hands of a society driving the world against the wall while busily making money or trying to recruit more followers for their religion instead of giving a damn for their neighbours, but it's also about accepting that by giving in you are responsible as well for what it will all come down to, so it really is a song about getting your revenge by passive resistance. Thanks Blind_Opius for pointing out the limo wreck metaphor, which sums it up so well - i never made the connection, but now it all seems so clear. + i agree w/ the essence of what edbutler3 wrote, though i thing that the biblical image of the towers is probably taken from the tower of babylon story rather than the samson one. of course, the samson imagery might still apply to the narrator. if he be the driver of the limo, then - to stay inside the picture - he'd be letting go of the steering wheel (like a chauffeur deciding to no longer work for his employers) and just watch what happens, saying "you were the ones who gave up control a long time ago by letting others care for you without caring for them".
it's about stepping back, and giving up, and letting your care for the world float down the river, washing your hands of a society driving the world against the wall while busily making money or trying to recruit more followers for their religion instead of giving a damn for their neighbours, but it's also about accepting that by giving in you are responsible as well for what it will all come down to, so it really is a song about getting your revenge by passive resistance. Thanks Blind_Opius for pointing out the limo wreck metaphor, which sums it up so well - i never made the connection, but now it all seems so clear. + i agree w/ the essence of what edbutler3 wrote, though i thing that the biblical image of the towers is probably taken from the tower of babylon story rather than the samson one. of course, the samson imagery might still apply to the narrator. if he be the driver of the limo, then - to stay inside the picture - he'd be letting go of the steering wheel (like a chauffeur deciding to no longer work for his employers) and just watch what happens, saying "you were the ones who gave up control a long time ago by letting others care for you without caring for them".