This is the most straightforward song on the first album, a criticism of Madison Avenue and shallow consumer society that could almost have been written by any other post-punk band. Except that Butler isn't offering any kind of remedy; modern life is just a dream, and we are a lie, but there's no hint of any true, pure reality to get in touch with underneath the lie. He's not a revolutionary like his contemporaries, he's a nihlist; he just wants to experience the absurdity for what it is.
This is the most straightforward song on the first album, a criticism of Madison Avenue and shallow consumer society that could almost have been written by any other post-punk band. Except that Butler isn't offering any kind of remedy; modern life is just a dream, and we are a lie, but there's no hint of any true, pure reality to get in touch with underneath the lie. He's not a revolutionary like his contemporaries, he's a nihlist; he just wants to experience the absurdity for what it is.