I hear many of the words differently from what you've listed. Some listeners think it has to do with driving in fog, which is abetted by the art on the record sleeve, but I think at its most literal level it's either nautical or aeronautical.
Dot-dash, Morse for "A", in ship signaling code means "Diver down -- steer clear." "Dip, flash" would refer to the louvered ship's light signaling device. I think people have been misled by hearing "radiator" and "radial", when it's "radio for all" and "radio are still in control". "Radio are still in control" has its most literal meaning in radio navigation of a ship or plane: the radio operators are still in control. But it's also a metaphor for something sinister: control of the masses. And it also means, consideration of having this song played on the radio leaves "radio", the institution, in control of the lyrics being used. "I understand a hand moved me", meaning commercial influence caused him to pick lyrics that could be aired.
At the end it's not, "Courting death, so ill at ease," it's, "Courting death, so will I lose?"
I hear many of the words differently from what you've listed. Some listeners think it has to do with driving in fog, which is abetted by the art on the record sleeve, but I think at its most literal level it's either nautical or aeronautical.
Dot-dash, Morse for "A", in ship signaling code means "Diver down -- steer clear." "Dip, flash" would refer to the louvered ship's light signaling device. I think people have been misled by hearing "radiator" and "radial", when it's "radio for all" and "radio are still in control". "Radio are still in control" has its most literal meaning in radio navigation of a ship or plane: the radio operators are still in control. But it's also a metaphor for something sinister: control of the masses. And it also means, consideration of having this song played on the radio leaves "radio", the institution, in control of the lyrics being used. "I understand a hand moved me", meaning commercial influence caused him to pick lyrics that could be aired.
At the end it's not, "Courting death, so ill at ease," it's, "Courting death, so will I lose?"