To answer robopatrolo, yankee, foxtrot and hotel are words associated with shortwave radio transmission. Yankee stands for Y, foxtrot for F and hotel for H. It doesn't really mean anything literally, but is kind of an atmospheric device in a song that I believe is about isolation, the space between us, the America longing for connection in a world where we stand in convenience store lines without so much as looking at one another. The fuzzy transmission of radio is a juxtoposition of the way we behave -- "they cried all over overseas but it makes no difference to me." I'd be interested in hearing theories about this jaws-and-fangs business.
To answer robopatrolo, yankee, foxtrot and hotel are words associated with shortwave radio transmission. Yankee stands for Y, foxtrot for F and hotel for H. It doesn't really mean anything literally, but is kind of an atmospheric device in a song that I believe is about isolation, the space between us, the America longing for connection in a world where we stand in convenience store lines without so much as looking at one another. The fuzzy transmission of radio is a juxtoposition of the way we behave -- "they cried all over overseas but it makes no difference to me." I'd be interested in hearing theories about this jaws-and-fangs business.