Everything's Ruined Lyrics

Lyric discussion by malley 

Cover art for Everything's Ruined lyrics by Faith No More

"We were like ink and paper Numbers on a calculator Knew arithmetic so well Working overtime Completed what was assigned We had to multiply ourselves"

this describes to me accountants in love who obviously had wealth from saving money so they have the baby but they dont think of it as cute or precious....they think..this will be a marvelous investment and in the end maybe he didnt follow in their follow in their footsteps but he was worth a million to them anyway.......i'd like to hear pattons explanation