If there's one song in the world that's philosophically punk, this is it. The lyrics feel awfully vague, but based on the title, I think I can grab some sense out of it:
The "fashionable people" are people who are not individuals. Their sense of self is derived from suggestions recommended to them by those in higher positions than them: mostly figures in popular culture.
"To watch themselves for themselves" likely refers to the fact that those who are not individuals watch media such as television, movies, etc with characters who are stereotypes, flat characters who also have been influenced by popular culture, and these non individuals do it for themselves, selfishly. They watch people just like them because they want it.
I think the rest of the lyrics are virtually self-explainable.
If there's one song in the world that's philosophically punk, this is it. The lyrics feel awfully vague, but based on the title, I think I can grab some sense out of it:
The "fashionable people" are people who are not individuals. Their sense of self is derived from suggestions recommended to them by those in higher positions than them: mostly figures in popular culture.
"To watch themselves for themselves" likely refers to the fact that those who are not individuals watch media such as television, movies, etc with characters who are stereotypes, flat characters who also have been influenced by popular culture, and these non individuals do it for themselves, selfishly. They watch people just like them because they want it.
I think the rest of the lyrics are virtually self-explainable.