To me, the first half is a criticism to cliched or meaningless messages. He's reading "congragulation" stop. "wish you could be there" stop. His response is "tell me something that I don't know", and notice that it's not another message because there's no "stop." after it. They're saying that those messages aren't saying shit, and it's genius how it's in a telegram form which really highlights how insignificant the messages are since they're told from a complete stranger instead of coming straight from the source. It's the same for the "we regret.." part and "miss you.." part.
As for the 'accessory' part, I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say that the 'accessory' is referring to the person delivering the telegram. He's an 'accessory' to the offense of delivering a personal message in such a impersonal way. No idea on what the 'time' means.
Overall the first half is talking about conveying messages in an inappropriate manner.
The second half is kind of straight forward. But the beauty of Fugazi is that they could have two or more messages in one song, and although each message could be deciphered, it's hard to see how they relate to one another. See 'Do You Like Me'.
To me, the first half is a criticism to cliched or meaningless messages. He's reading "congragulation" stop. "wish you could be there" stop. His response is "tell me something that I don't know", and notice that it's not another message because there's no "stop." after it. They're saying that those messages aren't saying shit, and it's genius how it's in a telegram form which really highlights how insignificant the messages are since they're told from a complete stranger instead of coming straight from the source. It's the same for the "we regret.." part and "miss you.." part.
As for the 'accessory' part, I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say that the 'accessory' is referring to the person delivering the telegram. He's an 'accessory' to the offense of delivering a personal message in such a impersonal way. No idea on what the 'time' means.
Overall the first half is talking about conveying messages in an inappropriate manner.
The second half is kind of straight forward. But the beauty of Fugazi is that they could have two or more messages in one song, and although each message could be deciphered, it's hard to see how they relate to one another. See 'Do You Like Me'.