The idea is quite clear here - the dishonest have become the rulers of our world instead of rotting in prisons where is the right place for them. But should we praise them just because they have the power? No! Judge them depending on what they have really done and what they really are. Then you won't see any halos for them.
And Jamey also makes this song strike every listener more personally with the last line ("You never did a fucking thing in your life to be revered") - think of what YOU have done to see if you are better than those thieves and degenerates that have "risen up onto a throne of lies".
The idea is quite clear here - the dishonest have become the rulers of our world instead of rotting in prisons where is the right place for them. But should we praise them just because they have the power? No! Judge them depending on what they have really done and what they really are. Then you won't see any halos for them. And Jamey also makes this song strike every listener more personally with the last line ("You never did a fucking thing in your life to be revered") - think of what YOU have done to see if you are better than those thieves and degenerates that have "risen up onto a throne of lies".