This seems to be a song about the "haves" and the "have-nots" in the world. The "haves" make the laws and benefit from them while leading to the slaughter the simple-minded "have-nots" that voted them into power.
This reads like a anti-politician song; a comment on politicians who use slogans (refrains) and charisma/celebrity to get regular plebs to vote for them, though the regular folks don't even know they're voting against their own best interests by putting them into power.
I think the "hiding from the sun" parts refer to the manufactured glory of megastar politicians who cynically spout 'plain-folk' altruisms although they don't have the interests of the common man in mind.
The song was written in a contentious election year (2004) and is so much more relevant today.
This seems to be a song about the "haves" and the "have-nots" in the world. The "haves" make the laws and benefit from them while leading to the slaughter the simple-minded "have-nots" that voted them into power.
This reads like a anti-politician song; a comment on politicians who use slogans (refrains) and charisma/celebrity to get regular plebs to vote for them, though the regular folks don't even know they're voting against their own best interests by putting them into power.
I think the "hiding from the sun" parts refer to the manufactured glory of megastar politicians who cynically spout 'plain-folk' altruisms although they don't have the interests of the common man in mind.
The song was written in a contentious election year (2004) and is so much more relevant today.