yea it definitely seems like it is describing vegas, and using vegas as a symbol to portray the decay meaningful love/sex among other values.
especially the last few lines: up in "glossy treetops" (skyscraper/big hotels) kids having sex, and "Out on the streets at night the money's well spent" which i think is referring to prostitution. all this sleeping around yields unwanted/unloved kids: "pissed-off babies turn to pissed-off children".
there are a lot of symbols of modern/synthetic material things and gluttony, which seems to be a trend in a lot of blood brothers songs. i.e. "corvette" "jet" "limousine" "neon" "spandex" "obscene riches" "carnival". these things are also very characteristic of las vegas. 60,000 yards is roughly the diameter of las vegas (the whole city) and carnival graveyards seem to pretty obviously describe casinos.
the unicorn symbol doesnt seem as clear to me, but here is my hypothesis: a unicorn is sort of an ideal, magical creature that many fantasize about. las vegas, or sin city, is a sort of 'paradise' for those that fantasize about living in sin, such as lust, greed, superficiality and all that jazz. however this 'paradise' is quite appalling when the fantasy of a 'sin city' is actualized in the form of las vegas. thus the unicorn has tar teeth (black, street-like teeth) that chew up spandex nightmares. spandex nightmares is a metaphor for las vegas life in general, a reference i think, to performers who wear spandex costumes.
yea it definitely seems like it is describing vegas, and using vegas as a symbol to portray the decay meaningful love/sex among other values.
especially the last few lines: up in "glossy treetops" (skyscraper/big hotels) kids having sex, and "Out on the streets at night the money's well spent" which i think is referring to prostitution. all this sleeping around yields unwanted/unloved kids: "pissed-off babies turn to pissed-off children".
there are a lot of symbols of modern/synthetic material things and gluttony, which seems to be a trend in a lot of blood brothers songs. i.e. "corvette" "jet" "limousine" "neon" "spandex" "obscene riches" "carnival". these things are also very characteristic of las vegas. 60,000 yards is roughly the diameter of las vegas (the whole city) and carnival graveyards seem to pretty obviously describe casinos.
the unicorn symbol doesnt seem as clear to me, but here is my hypothesis: a unicorn is sort of an ideal, magical creature that many fantasize about. las vegas, or sin city, is a sort of 'paradise' for those that fantasize about living in sin, such as lust, greed, superficiality and all that jazz. however this 'paradise' is quite appalling when the fantasy of a 'sin city' is actualized in the form of las vegas. thus the unicorn has tar teeth (black, street-like teeth) that chew up spandex nightmares. spandex nightmares is a metaphor for las vegas life in general, a reference i think, to performers who wear spandex costumes.
just my .02