Clutch is the ultimate disUtopian portrait painter. this song is proof, I agree with PraetorianGuardsman on most of the interpretation. though i have a feeling it goes through a everyday news broadcast of CNN with the closed captioning set to "cryptic".
"drink a lot of coffee and watch the CNN" too much caffeine and watching tv, bad habits
"To a bowl of clover honey and let the locusts fly in" afraid of plague or famine
"Lobster backs attack the town again" invasion or war
"Wrap all my things in aluminum" the spy satellite thing is interesting, though it could be a UFO enthusiats reference
"Beams of darkness streak across the sky" shadows of planes or helicopters searching for you or fugitives
"Pink rays from the ancient satellite" the moon is the only ancient satllite and in a red moon phase sometimes it paints the earth in pink(maybe)
"The same three dogs lookin' back at me" Americans fear of death (without glory anyway)
"Cranes fly in to terrorize me" guilt of what we might have done. Ibycus and the cranes
"The power of the holy ghost (Woof, woof, woof)" religions hold of everyone's leash (or lack there of)
"Shadow of the new praetorian" roman guards of the emperor? or perhaps the secret service and being monitored or followed
"Tipping cows in fields Elysian" knocking on people in heaven or the idea you have to virtuous or heroic to get to heaven
"Saturnalia for all you have" roman holiday to the god Saturn near the celebration time of Christmastide (coincidence?)
"The seven habits of the highly infected calf" as PraetorianGuardsman says -A double allusion to "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and the golden calf, a false idol in the Hebrew story of Moses
"Swan diving off the tongues of crippled giants" reference to business men in the depression era jumping out of windows of skyscrapers (Hudsucker Proxy)
"International Business Machine" IBM oh how we love computers, really i do love computers no joke
"Choking on bits of Barley bread crumbs" being short changed or cheated
"Down the last of academe" drink up to lose the knowledge of what you learned in school or college
"Occam's razor makes the cutting clean" allusion to use the simplest explanation often the right one
"Shaven like a banker" reference to the previous lyric, you fear without the proper credit you won't get far.
"lilac vegetal" dress to impress how are you going to get anywhere if you don't fit in
"Break the glass ceiling and it golden parachute on down" succeed before you fail or retire or you won't come away with anything.
my interpretation is askew i know, but it does bring to light all the fears of everyday people and what stigmas we hold to in America on the business agenda.
Clutch is the ultimate disUtopian portrait painter. this song is proof, I agree with PraetorianGuardsman on most of the interpretation. though i have a feeling it goes through a everyday news broadcast of CNN with the closed captioning set to "cryptic".
"drink a lot of coffee and watch the CNN" too much caffeine and watching tv, bad habits "To a bowl of clover honey and let the locusts fly in" afraid of plague or famine "Lobster backs attack the town again" invasion or war "Wrap all my things in aluminum" the spy satellite thing is interesting, though it could be a UFO enthusiats reference "Beams of darkness streak across the sky" shadows of planes or helicopters searching for you or fugitives "Pink rays from the ancient satellite" the moon is the only ancient satllite and in a red moon phase sometimes it paints the earth in pink(maybe)
"The same three dogs lookin' back at me" Americans fear of death (without glory anyway) "Cranes fly in to terrorize me" guilt of what we might have done. Ibycus and the cranes "The power of the holy ghost (Woof, woof, woof)" religions hold of everyone's leash (or lack there of) "Shadow of the new praetorian" roman guards of the emperor? or perhaps the secret service and being monitored or followed "Tipping cows in fields Elysian" knocking on people in heaven or the idea you have to virtuous or heroic to get to heaven "Saturnalia for all you have" roman holiday to the god Saturn near the celebration time of Christmastide (coincidence?) "The seven habits of the highly infected calf" as PraetorianGuardsman says -A double allusion to "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and the golden calf, a false idol in the Hebrew story of Moses "Swan diving off the tongues of crippled giants" reference to business men in the depression era jumping out of windows of skyscrapers (Hudsucker Proxy) "International Business Machine" IBM oh how we love computers, really i do love computers no joke "Choking on bits of Barley bread crumbs" being short changed or cheated "Down the last of academe" drink up to lose the knowledge of what you learned in school or college "Occam's razor makes the cutting clean" allusion to use the simplest explanation often the right one "Shaven like a banker" reference to the previous lyric, you fear without the proper credit you won't get far. "lilac vegetal" dress to impress how are you going to get anywhere if you don't fit in "Break the glass ceiling and it golden parachute on down" succeed before you fail or retire or you won't come away with anything.
my interpretation is askew i know, but it does bring to light all the fears of everyday people and what stigmas we hold to in America on the business agenda.