Slow Pulse Boy has got this one. I would add that the line "We" keep coming back is interesting, because it makes it appear that Edward is putting himself in the category of one of those aliens that people keep trying to destroy. In this context, the song is not just about someone addicted to video games (and as early as this song was written it certainly has presaged things like World of Warcraft addicts) but the struggle for all those who are different to be accepted. Aliens (and Edward's status as one/amongst them) seem to be a recurring theme in Edward's lyrics.
Compare also the lines "Now half of this cage is starving while the rest of us shoot stars and blast the eighteen headed Pacman from our armchairs in the bar. Zsa Zsa Korova scored a supernova! Zeros wall to wall..." from the song "Where No Man" from Chemical Playschool 9.
Slow Pulse Boy has got this one. I would add that the line "We" keep coming back is interesting, because it makes it appear that Edward is putting himself in the category of one of those aliens that people keep trying to destroy. In this context, the song is not just about someone addicted to video games (and as early as this song was written it certainly has presaged things like World of Warcraft addicts) but the struggle for all those who are different to be accepted. Aliens (and Edward's status as one/amongst them) seem to be a recurring theme in Edward's lyrics.
Compare also the lines "Now half of this cage is starving while the rest of us shoot stars and blast the eighteen headed Pacman from our armchairs in the bar. Zsa Zsa Korova scored a supernova! Zeros wall to wall..." from the song "Where No Man" from Chemical Playschool 9.