I might be interpreting this song at surface level, but I feel that it's about interaction with other people (especially corporate culture) and limitations due to only having one's own experience.
You turn the screws, it's what you choose to do. You think that I must turn them too.
Two professionals approaching work in different ways. "I" works and attempts to do the job well and that's all. "You" do the job, but also pressures and screws other workers, such as "I". But "You" is only acting the way they think other workers do, and feeis they have to turn the screws just to keep their job. It's the way they are, so they can't fathom that someone else might be just doing the job and not trying to screw them over.
This is supported by "You twist the knife, then go home and kiss your wife."
"You" truly feels they are doing nothing wrong. They've done what they believe everyone else does, and doesn't feel any remorse.
As for the cement mixer, I think it's a metaphor for how it feels to work with "You". "I" is dealing with everyday stresses, but if they don't work to reverse what "You" is doing to them (talking behind their back, sabotaging, making work harder, outright bullying), the cement eventually covers "I" and even though "I" has worked just as hard, or likely harder than "You", they are at a disadvantage.
I might be interpreting this song at surface level, but I feel that it's about interaction with other people (especially corporate culture) and limitations due to only having one's own experience.
You turn the screws, it's what you choose to do. You think that I must turn them too.
Two professionals approaching work in different ways. "I" works and attempts to do the job well and that's all. "You" do the job, but also pressures and screws other workers, such as "I". But "You" is only acting the way they think other workers do, and feeis they have to turn the screws just to keep their job. It's the way they are, so they can't fathom that someone else might be just doing the job and not trying to screw them over.
This is supported by "You twist the knife, then go home and kiss your wife."
"You" truly feels they are doing nothing wrong. They've done what they believe everyone else does, and doesn't feel any remorse.
As for the cement mixer, I think it's a metaphor for how it feels to work with "You". "I" is dealing with everyday stresses, but if they don't work to reverse what "You" is doing to them (talking behind their back, sabotaging, making work harder, outright bullying), the cement eventually covers "I" and even though "I" has worked just as hard, or likely harder than "You", they are at a disadvantage.
One might apply this kind of thinking to CRT.