I didn't get it until now, but the "who's been taken in" seems to refer to someone being taken in for questioning or arrested, suspected of the shooting alluded to in the first verse. As usual, Elvis is drawing a connection between common violence in the media and emotional abuse. Here he's asking who is responsible for the abuse.
About the "lying and you're coughing" versus "lying in your coffin" debate, it sounds to me like the first chorus is the former and the other two are the latter. A clever lyrical twist, meaning that the subject is lying to him and then should be worried about his retribution.
@anamenottaken agree Elvis C. often compares emotional fascism of relationships with violence and vapidity in the media. Also in Green Shirt, Lip Service & other songs from that productive era of E & the Attractions.
@anamenottaken agree Elvis C. often compares emotional fascism of relationships with violence and vapidity in the media. Also in Green Shirt, Lip Service & other songs from that productive era of E & the Attractions.
I didn't get it until now, but the "who's been taken in" seems to refer to someone being taken in for questioning or arrested, suspected of the shooting alluded to in the first verse. As usual, Elvis is drawing a connection between common violence in the media and emotional abuse. Here he's asking who is responsible for the abuse.
About the "lying and you're coughing" versus "lying in your coffin" debate, it sounds to me like the first chorus is the former and the other two are the latter. A clever lyrical twist, meaning that the subject is lying to him and then should be worried about his retribution.
@anamenottaken agree Elvis C. often compares emotional fascism of relationships with violence and vapidity in the media. Also in Green Shirt, Lip Service & other songs from that productive era of E & the Attractions.
@anamenottaken agree Elvis C. often compares emotional fascism of relationships with violence and vapidity in the media. Also in Green Shirt, Lip Service & other songs from that productive era of E & the Attractions.