This song is political, concerning the class system in our society. It targets the indifference of privileged Annuity Babies ("Elegant hands unemployed"), to the caustic damage (doors on the oven) that their privilege causes everyone else. Mercer implies that they are fooling themselves, like cartoon characters, painting a hole to escape their responsibilities to others. They are shielded, at least to some extent by virtue of their birth, from the exploiters (vultures) who rule the world, but the platitudes (kisses) that they offer to the rest of us, implying everything will be just fine, is a gross delusion. In reality, their trajectory is towards violence, which some might even desire.
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This song is political, concerning the class system in our society. It targets the indifference of privileged Annuity Babies ("Elegant hands unemployed"), to the caustic damage (doors on the oven) that their privilege causes everyone else. Mercer implies that they are fooling themselves, like cartoon characters, painting a hole to escape their responsibilities to others. They are shielded, at least to some extent by virtue of their birth, from the exploiters (vultures) who rule the world, but the platitudes (kisses) that they offer to the rest of us, implying everything will be just fine, is a gross delusion. In reality, their trajectory is towards violence, which some might even desire.