Not really sure what that those lines mean either, but I took it to mean that he could thank the politicians in Australia for contributing to things being the way he describes them in Ether, and the "chances are remote" line being about how the father, presumably a hard-scrabble blue collar type of guy given the town, has a rmote chance of ever meeting the politicians in person.
Just a guess. Their lead singer does tend to put a lot of pretty concrete political stuff in his songs, though (viz. Jezebel).
Not really sure what that those lines mean either, but I took it to mean that he could thank the politicians in Australia for contributing to things being the way he describes them in Ether, and the "chances are remote" line being about how the father, presumably a hard-scrabble blue collar type of guy given the town, has a rmote chance of ever meeting the politicians in person.
Just a guess. Their lead singer does tend to put a lot of pretty concrete political stuff in his songs, though (viz. Jezebel).