I think people are looking too hard in the wrong spot on this song. focusing soley on the word "insectivorous" and not enough on how being insectivorous interplays with other imagery in this particular song and on the album as a whole. The error of affective fallacy is easy to fall prey to due to the emotional and subjective response of listening to a song.
The speaking character in the song wishes to warn the "operators of chaos" that he has become insectivorous, that no "hunting dog will drag him out"...
the character seems to be someone who either through oppression, or escape from oppression (the imagery of the hunting dogs being familiar in movies from the police/prison guards/authorities searching for someone) has embraced a level of survival that most rational people could not lower themselves to. The "earthworms and houseflies" becoming the mainstay of a man who is so determined to either remain hidden, or underground to continue in his fight against the "chaos agents, that he is learning to treat was once disgusting as a means of survival.
the idea and repetitive refrain of learning to survive, the imagery of ingesting insects, and the general "fight the man" tone of the entire album lead one to believe that being insectivorous is a metephor for characters ultimate strength of will to resist.
I think people are looking too hard in the wrong spot on this song. focusing soley on the word "insectivorous" and not enough on how being insectivorous interplays with other imagery in this particular song and on the album as a whole. The error of affective fallacy is easy to fall prey to due to the emotional and subjective response of listening to a song.
The speaking character in the song wishes to warn the "operators of chaos" that he has become insectivorous, that no "hunting dog will drag him out"...
the character seems to be someone who either through oppression, or escape from oppression (the imagery of the hunting dogs being familiar in movies from the police/prison guards/authorities searching for someone) has embraced a level of survival that most rational people could not lower themselves to. The "earthworms and houseflies" becoming the mainstay of a man who is so determined to either remain hidden, or underground to continue in his fight against the "chaos agents, that he is learning to treat was once disgusting as a means of survival.
the idea and repetitive refrain of learning to survive, the imagery of ingesting insects, and the general "fight the man" tone of the entire album lead one to believe that being insectivorous is a metephor for characters ultimate strength of will to resist.