Magnetism Lyrics

Lyric discussion by silverspawn 

Cover art for Magnetism lyrics by Kayo Dot

Clearly a depiction of some kind of dystopian future, likely caused by a technological catastrophe.

"Steel through passageways like water through fountain pipes"

Taken literally, it means that streets are actively being flooded by steel... being pulled towards a gigantic magnet?

"Step lightly over whores reaching Up through cracks in the concrete Grinning death masks of beauty living Hands like scalpels reaching out"

Literally the bodies of people having been buried alive and died trying to grasp for a way out? But why whores, I have no idea.

"Desire killed the curious"

Someone has been pushing the envelope for an invention or a scientific breakthrough too far and triggered a large-scale catastrophe

My Interpretation