I'm thinking this song is about how the pop-culture consuming public consumes a lot of shit. First of all, they dance to everything, no matter how terrible the pop songs becomes. Here's Spencer, obviously a religious man to some degree (see "Swimming"), and he's looking at the whole mess and asking, are they hypnotized? Why are they listening to the shit they do and watching the stuff they do (aka "kiddies got a lot of shit in their eyes"). To him, materialism is just hugely impersonal and not genuine in the least--from the clothes to the watches even to the God. Spencer's not like that--he doesn't sing songs to be "a son of a bitch in the night," aka do all the "rock star" things like partying and drugs and girls.
There is a lot more in this song. But I guess that's what I think the gist of it i.
I'm thinking this song is about how the pop-culture consuming public consumes a lot of shit. First of all, they dance to everything, no matter how terrible the pop songs becomes. Here's Spencer, obviously a religious man to some degree (see "Swimming"), and he's looking at the whole mess and asking, are they hypnotized? Why are they listening to the shit they do and watching the stuff they do (aka "kiddies got a lot of shit in their eyes"). To him, materialism is just hugely impersonal and not genuine in the least--from the clothes to the watches even to the God. Spencer's not like that--he doesn't sing songs to be "a son of a bitch in the night," aka do all the "rock star" things like partying and drugs and girls.
There is a lot more in this song. But I guess that's what I think the gist of it i.