I think that this song may be a portrait of power, a perspective on the lives of those who uphold the establishment.
Eating exotic food (game killed with an arrow, tuna sashimi, staying out drinking with friends until half past three, being a vision in a horse drawn tank, and enjoying a Medieval joke in an family heirloom smoking jacket, thanks to an advanced degree. This is life at its elite, the inner circles of power. And the days consist of putting on the riot gear to maintain it.
That brings me to the lines I haven't seen anyone mention, those that are central to the song: "Heaven help the ones who know/ What makes the world go slow" followed by the "tick tock" lines. To me, this is Regina extending her sympathies (or maybe cursing) those in power. They keep things orderly, moving apace through their painstaking routines. Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock.
And she throws in a Medieval joke in the end, by quoting Shakespeare, "what dreams may come."
I think that this song may be a portrait of power, a perspective on the lives of those who uphold the establishment.
Eating exotic food (game killed with an arrow, tuna sashimi, staying out drinking with friends until half past three, being a vision in a horse drawn tank, and enjoying a Medieval joke in an family heirloom smoking jacket, thanks to an advanced degree. This is life at its elite, the inner circles of power. And the days consist of putting on the riot gear to maintain it.
That brings me to the lines I haven't seen anyone mention, those that are central to the song: "Heaven help the ones who know/ What makes the world go slow" followed by the "tick tock" lines. To me, this is Regina extending her sympathies (or maybe cursing) those in power. They keep things orderly, moving apace through their painstaking routines. Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock.
And she throws in a Medieval joke in the end, by quoting Shakespeare, "what dreams may come."