Like with a lot of his music, I do believe this is a political commentary, however what makes this unique is that it’s told from the perspective of the politician (with the public intervening with “We didn’t” and “It isn’t” before the chorus. But it doesn’t matter to this person what way the world is changing because regardless, they still gain while those not as fortunate suffer, and ignore them in the process while looking for applause from those same people.
Like with a lot of his music, I do believe this is a political commentary, however what makes this unique is that it’s told from the perspective of the politician (with the public intervening with “We didn’t” and “It isn’t” before the chorus. But it doesn’t matter to this person what way the world is changing because regardless, they still gain while those not as fortunate suffer, and ignore them in the process while looking for applause from those same people.