It seems to me to be about a circus, which is compared to a funeral, interestingly. It's from the point of view of one of the animals (a lion? I'm thinking one of the animals not mentioned in the song) and how they just want to be free. The line that really jumps out at me is begging the foreign tourist to help them escape, and the disgust that the tourist is enamored by the show.
"Trained by consequence and the lash" also seems to point toward animals doing tricks.
"Under the lights..." is another line that seems to point toward animals doing tricks.
The "liar" whose "kisses will burn" is the animal trainer, who gives them treats and pets them, then whips them.
"Their praise is a poison to us all" is about how if the "foreign tourists" weren't paying to attend and applauding the acts, the animals wouldn't be slave performers.
"I wish someone would burn this place to the ground" is fairly self-explanatory. Destroy the circus.
Some lines I don't understand, though. Like, why is this character jealous of the reptiles? Are the reptiles humans? "See them reptiles crawl? Getting closer... Why won't someone come to drive them away?"
It seems to me to be about a circus, which is compared to a funeral, interestingly. It's from the point of view of one of the animals (a lion? I'm thinking one of the animals not mentioned in the song) and how they just want to be free. The line that really jumps out at me is begging the foreign tourist to help them escape, and the disgust that the tourist is enamored by the show.
"Trained by consequence and the lash" also seems to point toward animals doing tricks.
"Under the lights..." is another line that seems to point toward animals doing tricks.
The "liar" whose "kisses will burn" is the animal trainer, who gives them treats and pets them, then whips them.
"Their praise is a poison to us all" is about how if the "foreign tourists" weren't paying to attend and applauding the acts, the animals wouldn't be slave performers.
"I wish someone would burn this place to the ground" is fairly self-explanatory. Destroy the circus.
Some lines I don't understand, though. Like, why is this character jealous of the reptiles? Are the reptiles humans? "See them reptiles crawl? Getting closer... Why won't someone come to drive them away?"