I noticed a few mistakes in the lyrics. He does not say pedigod, he says pedigoge (it means teacher). Starbit power is Starboard bow (the front of the right side of a ship). Also he says open sore, not open sword. I always thought he said fee, fief, ect. as in rent and a piece of land, but he is saying fee, fi, as in "fee, fi, fo, fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman!" a reference to Jack and the Beanstalk, which is a metaphor for wealthy land owners (the giant) eating up the impoverished common man/hoarding all the wealth of a country,ect. That explains the following line "I smell the blood of the bill collector knocking." This is the main point of the song in general. "this is the dawning of the book of bitter aspects" the realization that the future looks very bleak. "jackals sit and watch the pedagogues clash fresh." Possibly commentary on how our culture is focused on creating new ways to screw people over instead of something beneficial, or maybe that while intellectuals bicker amongst themselves the "jackals" (Preachers, con-men, politicians) take advantage of the common man. "i get awkwardly sturdy with a frigid liquid backbone." Life sucks getting drunk makes it all bearable. Basically the song is about life being hard, and that there are a lot of people out there that want to fuck you over.
I noticed a few mistakes in the lyrics. He does not say pedigod, he says pedigoge (it means teacher). Starbit power is Starboard bow (the front of the right side of a ship). Also he says open sore, not open sword. I always thought he said fee, fief, ect. as in rent and a piece of land, but he is saying fee, fi, as in "fee, fi, fo, fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman!" a reference to Jack and the Beanstalk, which is a metaphor for wealthy land owners (the giant) eating up the impoverished common man/hoarding all the wealth of a country,ect. That explains the following line "I smell the blood of the bill collector knocking." This is the main point of the song in general. "this is the dawning of the book of bitter aspects" the realization that the future looks very bleak. "jackals sit and watch the pedagogues clash fresh." Possibly commentary on how our culture is focused on creating new ways to screw people over instead of something beneficial, or maybe that while intellectuals bicker amongst themselves the "jackals" (Preachers, con-men, politicians) take advantage of the common man. "i get awkwardly sturdy with a frigid liquid backbone." Life sucks getting drunk makes it all bearable. Basically the song is about life being hard, and that there are a lot of people out there that want to fuck you over.