To me this reads more like a breakup song than a political screed. As near as I can figure, the singer in this case is taking the perspective of someone observing a bad break-up, being already in love with one of the parties.
So he's trying, on the one hand, to comfort this person: considerthe line, "Did half of you pass away?/Well, what about the other half?" in the context of a relationship, referring to one's significant other as their "better half." There is the usual consolation that "it happens to everyone," told a bit more poetically--"We're all part of the same old bloody regime" struck me initially as a variation on "All's fair in love and war," while "...someone taking it out, while you were putting it in" suggests that there will always be people less interested in giving love than in receiving it.
And then on the other hand, he's trying to win the affections of this person in their time of need. There's not a whole lot of evidence for this but the line "Let me be your instrument" strikes me as the narrator pleading with this person to let him be the rebound that will make them forget about their previous relationship, repeating "Remember me" as if to say, "When it's all over don't forget about how I stayed and consoled you when nobody else would." So I get the impression of this kind of skewed but genuine compassion with a possibly unconscious ulterior motive lurking just below the surface. Which is pretty good, for a pop song.
To me this reads more like a breakup song than a political screed. As near as I can figure, the singer in this case is taking the perspective of someone observing a bad break-up, being already in love with one of the parties.
So he's trying, on the one hand, to comfort this person: considerthe line, "Did half of you pass away?/Well, what about the other half?" in the context of a relationship, referring to one's significant other as their "better half." There is the usual consolation that "it happens to everyone," told a bit more poetically--"We're all part of the same old bloody regime" struck me initially as a variation on "All's fair in love and war," while "...someone taking it out, while you were putting it in" suggests that there will always be people less interested in giving love than in receiving it.
And then on the other hand, he's trying to win the affections of this person in their time of need. There's not a whole lot of evidence for this but the line "Let me be your instrument" strikes me as the narrator pleading with this person to let him be the rebound that will make them forget about their previous relationship, repeating "Remember me" as if to say, "When it's all over don't forget about how I stayed and consoled you when nobody else would." So I get the impression of this kind of skewed but genuine compassion with a possibly unconscious ulterior motive lurking just below the surface. Which is pretty good, for a pop song.