I think that Tim is referencing city life. In the first stanza of lyrics,
Tell me how these things traced with colors filled with black debris
And how these loyal, living Reich were nameless things swept out of sight
Dead through the streamers on the sky past neon words where we
Remember those killed by names we each call, are you happy where you are?
He sets up a setting, he points out the buildings and the bright neon signs of the city. He talks about how desensitized we all are, referring to the mother of three on wall street. He even goes further and calls this woman a TV personality, as if trying to say that reporters care more about showing off to the public, rather than helping her.
The words:
Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right
Are explaining how the scents of right and wrong has diminished, and how we all cant trust each other. Tim is pleading for this to be fixed.
I also believe that the first words of the track, not the song, but the track
This is noise
Are also important. He is referring to the fact that the song is just media, and how we don't act on it, even though he is pointing out common wrongs in life, no one acts on it. Its a social commentary about how a plea for help is just noise.
I think that Tim is referencing city life. In the first stanza of lyrics,
Tell me how these things traced with colors filled with black debris And how these loyal, living Reich were nameless things swept out of sight Dead through the streamers on the sky past neon words where we Remember those killed by names we each call, are you happy where you are?
He sets up a setting, he points out the buildings and the bright neon signs of the city. He talks about how desensitized we all are, referring to the mother of three on wall street. He even goes further and calls this woman a TV personality, as if trying to say that reporters care more about showing off to the public, rather than helping her.
The words:
Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right
Are explaining how the scents of right and wrong has diminished, and how we all cant trust each other. Tim is pleading for this to be fixed.
I also believe that the first words of the track, not the song, but the track
This is noise
Are also important. He is referring to the fact that the song is just media, and how we don't act on it, even though he is pointing out common wrongs in life, no one acts on it. Its a social commentary about how a plea for help is just noise.