Well this is strange. All these theories are really interesting and nothing like my immediate one. I immediately assumed the 'black mirror' was a televison. Or rather all televisions. Its makes sense in the context of "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, show me where them bombs will fall." On the official neonbible website this song was previewed with an image of a room with a turned off tv (black mirror) mounted to the wall. Obviosuly the bombs falling refers to watching the news perhaps on iraq. I had really just assumed thats what this song was about.
To summarise I think its a very scary image of the tv as a souless thing which will serve uncaring in mans will whatever that may be. "Cares not about your dreams, cares not for your pyramid schemes" seems to show this.
Something else that may support my idea is:
"I walked down to the ocean
After waking from the nightmare"
I thought this referred to static noise that can be made by a tv.
And another could be:
"Their names are never spoken
The curse is never broken...
Un, duex, trois, dis: miroir noir
[one, two, three, say black mirror]"
I thought this was saying that the awful things we see on tv (preachers begging for money in the name of god for example) could be ended if we woke up realised it on took notice of the tv as something which is affecting society quite abruptly.
I really liked the other theories though so I'm not saying mine is definitive.
Well this is strange. All these theories are really interesting and nothing like my immediate one. I immediately assumed the 'black mirror' was a televison. Or rather all televisions. Its makes sense in the context of "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, show me where them bombs will fall." On the official neonbible website this song was previewed with an image of a room with a turned off tv (black mirror) mounted to the wall. Obviosuly the bombs falling refers to watching the news perhaps on iraq. I had really just assumed thats what this song was about.
To summarise I think its a very scary image of the tv as a souless thing which will serve uncaring in mans will whatever that may be. "Cares not about your dreams, cares not for your pyramid schemes" seems to show this.
Something else that may support my idea is: "I walked down to the ocean After waking from the nightmare" I thought this referred to static noise that can be made by a tv.
And another could be: "Their names are never spoken The curse is never broken... Un, duex, trois, dis: miroir noir [one, two, three, say black mirror]" I thought this was saying that the awful things we see on tv (preachers begging for money in the name of god for example) could be ended if we woke up realised it on took notice of the tv as something which is affecting society quite abruptly.
I really liked the other theories though so I'm not saying mine is definitive.