The line about someone or something forming in the air does definitely lend credence to the idea that this song is about the tower of babel, but the rest of the song sort of indicates it's about the WPA during the depression... The singer is asking someone or something else to build high, because the singer is broke and has all these dire problems they need help with. The hold me up with pride thing even though I'm wretched thing is pure populism.
So does this mean Black Francis thinks the way we got out of the depression was a bad thing?
The line about someone or something forming in the air does definitely lend credence to the idea that this song is about the tower of babel, but the rest of the song sort of indicates it's about the WPA during the depression... The singer is asking someone or something else to build high, because the singer is broke and has all these dire problems they need help with. The hold me up with pride thing even though I'm wretched thing is pure populism.
So does this mean Black Francis thinks the way we got out of the depression was a bad thing?