Great post phantlers. I'm positive that 'mirrors and smoke' WAS intended also as a drug reference. The crane driver is obviously using coke and weed to help him get through.
Beautiful song. I don't really understand the first 3 lines though. "Gotta get out of TV" meaning he's sick of sitting indoors watching the box, but feels too miserable to go out, so just "Pick a point and go" ??
"the ticker-tape tangles my feet" - ticker-tape symbolising success, glorification a la new york ticker-tape parade but the adoration is what's fucking him up, causing / exacerbating his loneliness - "tangles my feet as i search for a face that i know"
"the ticker-tape tangles my feet" - ticker-tape symbolising success, glorification a la new york ticker-tape parade but the adoration is what's fucking him up, causing / exacerbating his loneliness - "tangles my feet as i search for a face that i know"
You could be right about the first couple of lines being literally about getting out of TV and leaving his job. It's like he knows deep down that the job is destroying his soul and he admits to himself that he needs to leave, "Pick a point and go", any direction is better than where he is now.
You could be right about the first couple of lines being literally about getting out of TV and leaving his job. It's like he knows deep down that the job is destroying his soul and he admits to himself that he needs to leave, "Pick a point and go", any direction is better than where he is now.
A ticker tape parade is a celebration of some sort where streams of paper fill the air. The ticker tape could refer to the misplaced envy of his colleagues who think he has it made, knowing little about the isolation...
A ticker tape parade is a celebration of some sort where streams of paper fill the air. The ticker tape could refer to the misplaced envy of his colleagues who think he has it made, knowing little about the isolation and alienation that comes with his highly paid role.
Great post phantlers. I'm positive that 'mirrors and smoke' WAS intended also as a drug reference. The crane driver is obviously using coke and weed to help him get through.
Beautiful song. I don't really understand the first 3 lines though. "Gotta get out of TV" meaning he's sick of sitting indoors watching the box, but feels too miserable to go out, so just "Pick a point and go" ??
And what's that about ticker-tape? Anyone know?
"the ticker-tape tangles my feet" - ticker-tape symbolising success, glorification a la new york ticker-tape parade but the adoration is what's fucking him up, causing / exacerbating his loneliness - "tangles my feet as i search for a face that i know"
"the ticker-tape tangles my feet" - ticker-tape symbolising success, glorification a la new york ticker-tape parade but the adoration is what's fucking him up, causing / exacerbating his loneliness - "tangles my feet as i search for a face that i know"
wonderful lyric
wonderful lyric
You could be right about the first couple of lines being literally about getting out of TV and leaving his job. It's like he knows deep down that the job is destroying his soul and he admits to himself that he needs to leave, "Pick a point and go", any direction is better than where he is now.
You could be right about the first couple of lines being literally about getting out of TV and leaving his job. It's like he knows deep down that the job is destroying his soul and he admits to himself that he needs to leave, "Pick a point and go", any direction is better than where he is now.
A ticker tape parade is a celebration of some sort where streams of paper fill the air. The ticker tape could refer to the misplaced envy of his colleagues who think he has it made, knowing little about the isolation...
A ticker tape parade is a celebration of some sort where streams of paper fill the air. The ticker tape could refer to the misplaced envy of his colleagues who think he has it made, knowing little about the isolation and alienation that comes with his highly paid role.
I wondered if the "working the ropes" line was also a drug reference, as in "smoking the rope", rope being made traditionally from the cannabis plant.
I wondered if the "working the ropes" line was also a drug reference, as in "smoking the rope", rope being made traditionally from the cannabis plant.