I do believe it's about growing in a factory town. Wanting to have a much different life and the only real glamour that the current surroundings offer is a guaranteed job with the promises of money. "Get up eat jelly, sandwhich bars and barbed wire," that's the repetitive bland breakfast before walking into the job that everyone you've ever known and will know works in. I will say that "to be the cream," is a mythology reference, since Murphy uses those a lot, which means the cream must be churned in order to be something, but if it doesn't it is just a mundane and non-risk taking life.
I do believe it's about growing in a factory town. Wanting to have a much different life and the only real glamour that the current surroundings offer is a guaranteed job with the promises of money. "Get up eat jelly, sandwhich bars and barbed wire," that's the repetitive bland breakfast before walking into the job that everyone you've ever known and will know works in. I will say that "to be the cream," is a mythology reference, since Murphy uses those a lot, which means the cream must be churned in order to be something, but if it doesn't it is just a mundane and non-risk taking life.
@BluePlacebo “The cream” also means “the cream of the crop“ the cream rises to the top. To be the cream is to rise of the top and be the best.
@BluePlacebo “The cream” also means “the cream of the crop“ the cream rises to the top. To be the cream is to rise of the top and be the best.