No, this song is clearly about Occupy Wall Street from a financial exec's point of view. "Just pieces on the board" refers to how people can look like board-game pieces from a bird's-eye view.
Re "I stand above the world, in my glass enclave": According to Google Maps' satellite and Street View pics, only two buildings -- Marine Midland and One Liberty Plaza -- have views on Zucotti Park through plate glass. The latter holds several offices for Goldman Sachs, where many of the mortgage-backed securities that caused the housing crash of 2008 were created.
No, this song is clearly about Occupy Wall Street from a financial exec's point of view. "Just pieces on the board" refers to how people can look like board-game pieces from a bird's-eye view.
Re "I stand above the world, in my glass enclave": According to Google Maps' satellite and Street View pics, only two buildings -- Marine Midland and One Liberty Plaza -- have views on Zucotti Park through plate glass. The latter holds several offices for Goldman Sachs, where many of the mortgage-backed securities that caused the housing crash of 2008 were created.