My boyfriend and I were trying to figure this out for the longest time. His theory is that this is an anti-capitalist protest song. 'Fish' is sometimes a term for a follower or subordinate as in a 'school of fish,' in which fish mindlessly follow each other. The fish being pointed at the narrator basically equates to 'pointing the blame' at socialism when it's truly the capitalist's fault. The 'I will always exist' line means that the political ideation of socialism will still be an underlying belief amongst the oppressed, despite 'The Man' trying to push it down. The 'wind of prostitution' refers to the stock markets, which are often compared to the 'world's oldest profession, AKA, it'll always exist. The 'classic gentlemen are being told to pray for their stability. The oppressed pus is all the poor/disadvantaged people, which, as is stated, riddle the narrator's breast, ie. put a burden on him/he feels sorry for them. And 'to your faces, and Rex complexes' is a polite way of calling someone quite an impolite name. Basically, it's a pro-socialism, anti-capitalist song, in his interpretation.
@the3shadowspt2 Oh, and the line about the baby refers to being desperate enough to commit crimes to gain money in a society wherein poorer people are treated as criminals.
@the3shadowspt2 Oh, and the line about the baby refers to being desperate enough to commit crimes to gain money in a society wherein poorer people are treated as criminals.
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I think you may be on to something. The track after the Three Shadows tracks is All We Ever Wanted, which I also thought was written from the perspective of workers in post-industrialized society. "All we ever wanted was everything. All we ever got was cold" and the liine " Oh to be the cream" I think is a reference to Herbert Spencer saying about the upper classes that the cream rises to the top to justify laissez-faire capitalism.
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I think you may be on to something. The track after the Three Shadows tracks is All We Ever Wanted, which I also thought was written from the perspective of workers in post-industrialized society. "All we ever wanted was everything. All we ever got was cold" and the liine " Oh to be the cream" I think is a reference to Herbert Spencer saying about the upper classes that the cream rises to the top to justify laissez-faire capitalism.
My boyfriend and I were trying to figure this out for the longest time. His theory is that this is an anti-capitalist protest song. 'Fish' is sometimes a term for a follower or subordinate as in a 'school of fish,' in which fish mindlessly follow each other. The fish being pointed at the narrator basically equates to 'pointing the blame' at socialism when it's truly the capitalist's fault. The 'I will always exist' line means that the political ideation of socialism will still be an underlying belief amongst the oppressed, despite 'The Man' trying to push it down. The 'wind of prostitution' refers to the stock markets, which are often compared to the 'world's oldest profession, AKA, it'll always exist. The 'classic gentlemen are being told to pray for their stability. The oppressed pus is all the poor/disadvantaged people, which, as is stated, riddle the narrator's breast, ie. put a burden on him/he feels sorry for them. And 'to your faces, and Rex complexes' is a polite way of calling someone quite an impolite name. Basically, it's a pro-socialism, anti-capitalist song, in his interpretation.
@the3shadowspt2 Oh, and the line about the baby refers to being desperate enough to commit crimes to gain money in a society wherein poorer people are treated as criminals.
@the3shadowspt2 Oh, and the line about the baby refers to being desperate enough to commit crimes to gain money in a society wherein poorer people are treated as criminals.
So you'd ever harm the innocent because capitalism makes people greedy.
So you'd ever harm the innocent because capitalism makes people greedy.
@the3shadowspt2
I think you may be on to something. The track after the Three Shadows tracks is All We Ever Wanted, which I also thought was written from the perspective of workers in post-industrialized society. "All we ever wanted was everything. All we ever got was cold" and the liine " Oh to be the cream" I think is a reference to Herbert Spencer saying about the upper classes that the cream rises to the top to justify laissez-faire capitalism.
@the3shadowspt2
I think you may be on to something. The track after the Three Shadows tracks is All We Ever Wanted, which I also thought was written from the perspective of workers in post-industrialized society. "All we ever wanted was everything. All we ever got was cold" and the liine " Oh to be the cream" I think is a reference to Herbert Spencer saying about the upper classes that the cream rises to the top to justify laissez-faire capitalism.