"Away from the towers
High above the ceiling tombs
Tell themselves
That they've earned this
Like working hard
Or playing by the rules
But this is only part true
A dangerous trick
Played on me and you
And so like a practical joke
We put on these bootstraps
So high that they broke"
When I hear the references to towers and warfare I have an image of the war on terror after 9/11. It sounds like RS is hinting that the war, after dragged out for so long, has exhausted the nation's resources and the soldiers so much that their bootstraps are breaking. Now I'm not gonna spout any conspiracy BS, but the war should've ended already, yet it's as if the soldiers have fallen for a practical joke.
"Away from the towers High above the ceiling tombs Tell themselves That they've earned this Like working hard Or playing by the rules But this is only part true A dangerous trick Played on me and you And so like a practical joke We put on these bootstraps So high that they broke"
When I hear the references to towers and warfare I have an image of the war on terror after 9/11. It sounds like RS is hinting that the war, after dragged out for so long, has exhausted the nation's resources and the soldiers so much that their bootstraps are breaking. Now I'm not gonna spout any conspiracy BS, but the war should've ended already, yet it's as if the soldiers have fallen for a practical joke.