Like the rest of the album this is likely entirely relating to the current political climate, and I believe climate is the exact message of this song.
I believe the sentinels the song refers to are the various climate agreements, Kyoto, Paris, Warsaw and Durban.
Smashing the hourglass but the countdown carrying on I believe is a reference to trying to hide the problem of global warming but even if you break the clock time still passes.
Like the rest of the album this is likely entirely relating to the current political climate, and I believe climate is the exact message of this song.
I believe the sentinels the song refers to are the various climate agreements, Kyoto, Paris, Warsaw and Durban.
Smashing the hourglass but the countdown carrying on I believe is a reference to trying to hide the problem of global warming but even if you break the clock time still passes.