This song is about the breaking down of society. Especially in the city. "The cityscape burns brighter by the hour." Our lives are run by the clock, and we never seem to have much time to do what we need to do, but it doesnt matter because we can't really do anything worth while when we are bound by the chains of societies demands for us to become "acceptable people." "Construction paper lawns... force-fed attention grabber...
When will you learn?"
To illustrate this they use the metaphor of food that we Americans are so fond of. Its a quite ingenious parody I think because it effectively portrays another fault of many Americans while already exposing one fault. They are hinting that we eat up all this crap about what we are supposed to be like. We get this from the TV mostly. "(It's a television nightmare)
Eat and watch, eat eat eat... what they feed" Its all junk food in the end.
This song is about the breaking down of society. Especially in the city. "The cityscape burns brighter by the hour." Our lives are run by the clock, and we never seem to have much time to do what we need to do, but it doesnt matter because we can't really do anything worth while when we are bound by the chains of societies demands for us to become "acceptable people." "Construction paper lawns... force-fed attention grabber... When will you learn?" To illustrate this they use the metaphor of food that we Americans are so fond of. Its a quite ingenious parody I think because it effectively portrays another fault of many Americans while already exposing one fault. They are hinting that we eat up all this crap about what we are supposed to be like. We get this from the TV mostly. "(It's a television nightmare) Eat and watch, eat eat eat... what they feed" Its all junk food in the end.