"Sighing, the swirl through the streets"
should read
"Sang swirled through the streets."
Now you will see WWI or WWII reference.
"And so the story goes
They (soldiers) wore the clothes (uniforms)
They said the things (I will be back)
To make it (defeat) seem improbable"
The whale of a lie (war propaganda)
Like they hope it was
And the good men of tomorrow (war heroes)
Had their feet in the wallow (trenches)
And their heads of brawn (jingoism)
Were nicer shorn (crew cuts)
And how they bought their positions (rank) with saccharin (ingratiating attitude) and trust (loyalty)
Interpretation: The good men of England went off to war, patriotic and positive, dutiful. Yet, they were lied to.
Back in England: "And the world was asleep To our latent fuss" because everyone's attention was on the war. So what was this "fuss"? Perhaps the sense of feeling crushed by conservative traditions that finally sparked the social revolution of the 60's. (Out with the shorn heads in with the long hair)
"Sang swirled through the streets" heralds the awakening of the Bewlay Bros who appear to be gargoyles alive and on the prowl, flying and stalking with there "backs on the arch" (hunched over). They are a byproduct of the "Whale of a lie", a great disillusion that swept through England, and later in the USA (Vietnam), "and dust would flow thru our veins...shooting up high in the sky" strong references to drug use (heroin) which was inextricably linked to war veterans.
"We were so turned on (british for "under the influence of drugs" [not a sexual reference]) You thought we were fakers [judged in error by the conservative class who wrote the whole hippy revolution off as one bid drug induced party with no real agenda]
edit needed for:
"Sighing, the swirl through the streets" should read "Sang swirled through the streets."
Now you will see WWI or WWII reference.
"And so the story goes They (soldiers) wore the clothes (uniforms) They said the things (I will be back) To make it (defeat) seem improbable"
The whale of a lie (war propaganda) Like they hope it was
And the good men of tomorrow (war heroes) Had their feet in the wallow (trenches) And their heads of brawn (jingoism) Were nicer shorn (crew cuts) And how they bought their positions (rank) with saccharin (ingratiating attitude) and trust (loyalty)
Interpretation: The good men of England went off to war, patriotic and positive, dutiful. Yet, they were lied to.
Back in England: "And the world was asleep To our latent fuss" because everyone's attention was on the war. So what was this "fuss"? Perhaps the sense of feeling crushed by conservative traditions that finally sparked the social revolution of the 60's. (Out with the shorn heads in with the long hair)
"Sang swirled through the streets" heralds the awakening of the Bewlay Bros who appear to be gargoyles alive and on the prowl, flying and stalking with there "backs on the arch" (hunched over). They are a byproduct of the "Whale of a lie", a great disillusion that swept through England, and later in the USA (Vietnam), "and dust would flow thru our veins...shooting up high in the sky" strong references to drug use (heroin) which was inextricably linked to war veterans.
"We were so turned on (british for "under the influence of drugs" [not a sexual reference]) You thought we were fakers [judged in error by the conservative class who wrote the whole hippy revolution off as one bid drug induced party with no real agenda]