Well, no. Yes, real world, but the theme of this is more toward the original title of Armed Forces - "Emotional Facism." The comment about "But you'll never get to make a lampshade out of me" is right out of Sylvia Plath (poet). Elvis is commenting about the Communist/Facist way in which kids betray their parents (who are taken away). Of course, the kids that are programmed, "rat" on their parents and are taken away "You could be in for a shock" follows this theme. Re-read the lyrics in this context---Green Shirt is the same theme, basically. Elvis is a master.
Well, no. Yes, real world, but the theme of this is more toward the original title of Armed Forces - "Emotional Facism." The comment about "But you'll never get to make a lampshade out of me" is right out of Sylvia Plath (poet). Elvis is commenting about the Communist/Facist way in which kids betray their parents (who are taken away). Of course, the kids that are programmed, "rat" on their parents and are taken away "You could be in for a shock" follows this theme. Re-read the lyrics in this context---Green Shirt is the same theme, basically. Elvis is a master.