Lyric discussion by doglike 

Cover art for Hey lyrics by Elvis Perkins in Dearland

I think this song is about the Israel - Palestinian conflict. When the sun sets over the dead sea it sets over palestine.

Shake your hands through the chains above - catch a dove... talks of fighting for peace. Training searchlights on some other lives - forget these kids and forget these wives, a reference to the oppression and murder of mostly women and children of Gaza, who suffer most at the hands of the IDF (the ones with the searchlights).