This song is a perfect finale. The theme of the whole album is about natural disasters like floods and blizzards, but then this song is subtitled "The Human Condition" implying that we are a disaster unto ourselves.
The whole song is about everything humans will do to themselves and each other. The lyrics refer to conspiracies (Pyramids, Hoffa's body), religion (Judgment Day, "I am horrified that you would say it's meaningless", maybe also "come to the light"), torture ("we have ways to make you talk"), and protests/riots (petitions, meaningless marches, "set fire to drapes").
This song is a perfect finale. The theme of the whole album is about natural disasters like floods and blizzards, but then this song is subtitled "The Human Condition" implying that we are a disaster unto ourselves.
The whole song is about everything humans will do to themselves and each other. The lyrics refer to conspiracies (Pyramids, Hoffa's body), religion (Judgment Day, "I am horrified that you would say it's meaningless", maybe also "come to the light"), torture ("we have ways to make you talk"), and protests/riots (petitions, meaningless marches, "set fire to drapes").