I think this is the essence of the meaning of this song. And I agree with Rocas that it's about the inevitable tension between youth and approaching adulthood and a wish to preserve some of the innocence of youth, or at least not be as much of a hypocrite as "growing up" seems to require. He notices that the constant activity surrounding him seems very unnatural, and from there he realizes that there are forces at work directing everything that happens around him. I think the "ventriloquist" refers to authority figures who have such tight control...
I think this is the essence of the meaning of this song. And I agree with Rocas that it's about the inevitable tension between youth and approaching adulthood and a wish to preserve some of the innocence of youth, or at least not be as much of a hypocrite as "growing up" seems to require. He notices that the constant activity surrounding him seems very unnatural, and from there he realizes that there are forces at work directing everything that happens around him. I think the "ventriloquist" refers to authority figures who have such tight control over people and events in his environment that they restrict his freedom. And he predicts that all of the young men around will have similar problems and feel trapped by these circumstances.
nothing is exactly as it seems
I think this is the essence of the meaning of this song. And I agree with Rocas that it's about the inevitable tension between youth and approaching adulthood and a wish to preserve some of the innocence of youth, or at least not be as much of a hypocrite as "growing up" seems to require. He notices that the constant activity surrounding him seems very unnatural, and from there he realizes that there are forces at work directing everything that happens around him. I think the "ventriloquist" refers to authority figures who have such tight control...
I think this is the essence of the meaning of this song. And I agree with Rocas that it's about the inevitable tension between youth and approaching adulthood and a wish to preserve some of the innocence of youth, or at least not be as much of a hypocrite as "growing up" seems to require. He notices that the constant activity surrounding him seems very unnatural, and from there he realizes that there are forces at work directing everything that happens around him. I think the "ventriloquist" refers to authority figures who have such tight control over people and events in his environment that they restrict his freedom. And he predicts that all of the young men around will have similar problems and feel trapped by these circumstances.