@Richard sh yeah theres a lot to parse out from just a few verses. First you have the literal economic model of "guns versus butter", it's a macroeconomic idea, just look up that on Wikipedia, it's well known. Then in the first verse he doesn't want to die for an ideal he doesn't believe in (firstly the fatherland) as he thinks he's more than iron in his blood, otherwise what's that under his short (a heart). The face he talks about the Fatherland likely means the Nazis but I think there's a little more to it underneath but I'll circle...
@Richard sh yeah theres a lot to parse out from just a few verses. First you have the literal economic model of "guns versus butter", it's a macroeconomic idea, just look up that on Wikipedia, it's well known. Then in the first verse he doesn't want to die for an ideal he doesn't believe in (firstly the fatherland) as he thinks he's more than iron in his blood, otherwise what's that under his short (a heart). The face he talks about the Fatherland likely means the Nazis but I think there's a little more to it underneath but I'll circle back later.
Next verse is clearly Soviet Russia, he hears there's joy in labour, motherland is no place to cry for, he just wants to hide his head in the sand and again he asks well what's under my short (his heart-he knows he is more than production, and a clone because he can feel something more in him).
This is where I said I'd circle back-remember when this was written, the Cold War was at its height, East Germany and West Germany was still a thing, the some people were genuinely looking back at the Nazi era with some fondness and of course the West was telling us to keep our heads down and not worry and coming out but of course he's worrying, he's shacking as he knows where this can lead and all around him everyone in power seems to be just using humans as models and workers but again, because of that beating under his shirt he knows he's more than that. He just wants to live. Anyway that's a bit long, I've maybe seen more than is actually there but that's my thoughts lol
It’s about government spending and being sick of defense spending (guns) always exceeding production of goods (butter) using war and death as examples
@Richard sh yeah theres a lot to parse out from just a few verses. First you have the literal economic model of "guns versus butter", it's a macroeconomic idea, just look up that on Wikipedia, it's well known. Then in the first verse he doesn't want to die for an ideal he doesn't believe in (firstly the fatherland) as he thinks he's more than iron in his blood, otherwise what's that under his short (a heart). The face he talks about the Fatherland likely means the Nazis but I think there's a little more to it underneath but I'll circle...
@Richard sh yeah theres a lot to parse out from just a few verses. First you have the literal economic model of "guns versus butter", it's a macroeconomic idea, just look up that on Wikipedia, it's well known. Then in the first verse he doesn't want to die for an ideal he doesn't believe in (firstly the fatherland) as he thinks he's more than iron in his blood, otherwise what's that under his short (a heart). The face he talks about the Fatherland likely means the Nazis but I think there's a little more to it underneath but I'll circle back later. Next verse is clearly Soviet Russia, he hears there's joy in labour, motherland is no place to cry for, he just wants to hide his head in the sand and again he asks well what's under my short (his heart-he knows he is more than production, and a clone because he can feel something more in him). This is where I said I'd circle back-remember when this was written, the Cold War was at its height, East Germany and West Germany was still a thing, the some people were genuinely looking back at the Nazi era with some fondness and of course the West was telling us to keep our heads down and not worry and coming out but of course he's worrying, he's shacking as he knows where this can lead and all around him everyone in power seems to be just using humans as models and workers but again, because of that beating under his shirt he knows he's more than that. He just wants to live. Anyway that's a bit long, I've maybe seen more than is actually there but that's my thoughts lol