From the beginning, I have seen this song more as a condemnation of the things that civilized society has done in the quest for energy in the form of oil. Oil, in my interpretation, is the "big black nemesis" they refer to in the chorus."Evil is an exact science," "we drink elixirs that we refine from the juices of the dying,"
From the beginning, I have seen this song more as a condemnation of the things that civilized society has done in the quest for energy in the form of oil. Oil, in my interpretation, is the "big black nemesis" they refer to in the chorus."Evil is an exact science," "we drink elixirs that we refine from the juices of the dying,"