Having just watched There Will Be Blood last night, I can't help but think that this song is about the oil boom and subsequent ravaging of the earth and loss of traditional values. I've always thought this song sounded a bit like a song losing its mind. As it descends into the electronic clamor toward the end it sounds like innocence giving way to mechanization and madness.
Having just watched There Will Be Blood last night, I can't help but think that this song is about the oil boom and subsequent ravaging of the earth and loss of traditional values. I've always thought this song sounded a bit like a song losing its mind. As it descends into the electronic clamor toward the end it sounds like innocence giving way to mechanization and madness.