Seems to be a description of a girlfriends father who is a typical conservative, and at times an attack on the Conservative party (especially the talk on taking liberties). The guy in the song is a left-winger, and finds himself clashing with the father.
The father lectures him on how terrible left-wingers are, yet the father's beliefs are without basis (rubbish), he's basically just spouting the crap printed in the Sun and vocalised by the conservative party. The guy thinks that at one point the father might realise that the conservative party is talking shit (fascism) and he's been buying it all along. The father has never represented his own views, rather he has been wasting away.
The guy also defends himself to an extent, belittling what the father says are his "sins". He's also worried about the "carnival of carnivores", the conservative politicians and pundits who decrie any left-wing activity (which is what the father was doing).
Seems to be a description of a girlfriends father who is a typical conservative, and at times an attack on the Conservative party (especially the talk on taking liberties). The guy in the song is a left-winger, and finds himself clashing with the father.
The father lectures him on how terrible left-wingers are, yet the father's beliefs are without basis (rubbish), he's basically just spouting the crap printed in the Sun and vocalised by the conservative party. The guy thinks that at one point the father might realise that the conservative party is talking shit (fascism) and he's been buying it all along. The father has never represented his own views, rather he has been wasting away.
The guy also defends himself to an extent, belittling what the father says are his "sins". He's also worried about the "carnival of carnivores", the conservative politicians and pundits who decrie any left-wing activity (which is what the father was doing).