I have no idea what this song is about, but if I had to interpret it, it might be a commentary on the struggle of the middle class to feel like celebrities, like the people who have it made and barely had to try, and then lie about what a wonderful life it is to be that way, when in reality life at 'The Dead Dog' is empty. Despite having 'food for years' if they live a different way, the middle class are on this eternal struggle taking them 'ten times what it takes' to pay for the lifestyle, fly to mexico to see what the mountains had to offer, only to come back and find everything worse than before (drowned cubs). Why would they try to break out of the system if they can numb the pain in small doses by 'having themselves a time' every weekend, getting drunk, high, etc. The warmth of brief respite comes in 'waves of pain' from of toiling away.
I have no idea what this song is about, but if I had to interpret it, it might be a commentary on the struggle of the middle class to feel like celebrities, like the people who have it made and barely had to try, and then lie about what a wonderful life it is to be that way, when in reality life at 'The Dead Dog' is empty. Despite having 'food for years' if they live a different way, the middle class are on this eternal struggle taking them 'ten times what it takes' to pay for the lifestyle, fly to mexico to see what the mountains had to offer, only to come back and find everything worse than before (drowned cubs). Why would they try to break out of the system if they can numb the pain in small doses by 'having themselves a time' every weekend, getting drunk, high, etc. The warmth of brief respite comes in 'waves of pain' from of toiling away.