anonymous July 11th, 2006 02:07PM  
This song definitely has a tone of desperation and quite a bit of venom in the lyrics. I felt (after hearing the I Might Be Wrong live piano version) that it's a stab out at oppressors and figureheads who abuse, and Thom's answer is sarcastic and dejected: "a delicate balance". Creepy. But beautiful?

eraser999 July 11th, 2006 02:40PM  
CONTINUED:

Spinning plates are all about balance; sometimes the trick is rigged with special plates, a visual gimmick. It takes a lot of "spinning" in the media, persay, to allegedly lie to a public to get involved in a war. This intricate web of lies is "a delicate balance" that keeps the public out of the know, ignorant and in a "cloud cuckoo land", where ignorance is bliss.

"our bodies floating down the muddy river" elicits a depressing and haunting, frightening image in my mind. This final line ties the song back to desperation, where war and death are inevitable in a world where the masses are blinded by the despots at the top.

123123 March 12th, 2009 03:43PM  
Although i hate songs about politics, i love this song. This song is obviously about George Bush. Maybe not necessarily Bush, but world leaders in general. He is basically saying "while you stand on your pedistal, the people doing the real work are being killed in action".