Lyric discussion by iknowmyonion 

Cover art for Marx and Engels lyrics by Belle & Sebastian

Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels are the writers of The Communist Manifesto and Capital, which is abuot how the working class can rise and defeat the bourgeouisie, creating a classless society. Hence, communist manifesto. But it's supposed to be inspirational to the workers to fight, even though it didn't work. But i think the song might be about the world being miserable and poor people not being able to afford necessities perhaps? And the girl i guess is also someone who is poor, but my best guess in the end ("That the girl just wants tobe/left alone with marx and engels for a while/she's writing in the style/of any riot girl) is about her writing inspirationally i suppose? I'm really talking out my ass here.