This song was inspired by gangster films and a TS Elliot's poem, "The Waste Land". The poem speaks of "unreal" cities. I don't think you can get more "unreal" than post war Berlin. But, I think the song may be relating to all cities where there is a division. Dickins', who is quoted in "The Waste Land", wrote extensively about class structure, so it may be a division of class, ideology or something else. It is just an exploration in social and economic differences.
This song was inspired by gangster films and a TS Elliot's poem, "The Waste Land". The poem speaks of "unreal" cities. I don't think you can get more "unreal" than post war Berlin. But, I think the song may be relating to all cities where there is a division. Dickins', who is quoted in "The Waste Land", wrote extensively about class structure, so it may be a division of class, ideology or something else. It is just an exploration in social and economic differences.