2 words that sum this song up are Fahrenheit 451. Its pretty much about the limiting of thought in a fascist controlled government.
"In view of wan wordless crowds that chase waifs to spires with fiery plumes"
To paraphrase, it is saying that emotionless/wordless crowds chase the homeless/abandoned into burning buildings, fitting the picture of a burning in styx, the fiery river of hell. And all the while it gives the weaker class of people(the impotents) thrills of power of these poor people.
Boredom symbolizes the unthinking minds of people, which allows the crimes of the nation to go unnoticed, like all the wars in Fahrenheit 451. "Boredom strangles the life from the printed page" could be an allusion to the book.
Myopic also means narrow minded, and the myopic mirror reflects the narrow minded thoughts right back at the people. When he sees face to face with the moon, it is a possible allusion to the old fable of the moons reflection in the water, and the fox thinks not of this possibility, but that it is an actual object, cheese. The narrator sees beyond the myopic mirror, beyond the reflection, and sees the moon for what it is, and not what the mirror says it is.
But like montague in F451, the people around him are following the governments words while he tries to persuade them to think for themselves, " Why do I always have to tell you ”forget about the precient signs!”?" opposed to following the government.
He pleads at the end that we stick to things we love, and never fall into this system to the extent.
2 words that sum this song up are Fahrenheit 451. Its pretty much about the limiting of thought in a fascist controlled government.
"In view of wan wordless crowds that chase waifs to spires with fiery plumes"
To paraphrase, it is saying that emotionless/wordless crowds chase the homeless/abandoned into burning buildings, fitting the picture of a burning in styx, the fiery river of hell. And all the while it gives the weaker class of people(the impotents) thrills of power of these poor people.
Boredom symbolizes the unthinking minds of people, which allows the crimes of the nation to go unnoticed, like all the wars in Fahrenheit 451. "Boredom strangles the life from the printed page" could be an allusion to the book.
Myopic also means narrow minded, and the myopic mirror reflects the narrow minded thoughts right back at the people. When he sees face to face with the moon, it is a possible allusion to the old fable of the moons reflection in the water, and the fox thinks not of this possibility, but that it is an actual object, cheese. The narrator sees beyond the myopic mirror, beyond the reflection, and sees the moon for what it is, and not what the mirror says it is.
But like montague in F451, the people around him are following the governments words while he tries to persuade them to think for themselves, " Why do I always have to tell you ”forget about the precient signs!”?" opposed to following the government.
He pleads at the end that we stick to things we love, and never fall into this system to the extent.