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Get straight, wait here while I try to find the exit sign
When we stop asking strangers, no one wants what we want
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bag
Never expect to be sure
You're working for the police and the private, the pirates and the pilots
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the hairdresser,
Felt up and fingerprinted waiting for the train
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing something I don't got
There's a place that ends here I know
When they close the gates I'll cry
I'm so tired of never sleeping
The whole world wants what we're on
Didn't make this up I learned, I learned it from a friend
My friend is coming clean, she told me
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bed
Never expect to be sure, who you're working for
You're working for the police and the private, the pirates and the pilots
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the garbage collector
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing love
Got to get out
Got to get to you, the orphanage is closing in an hour
When we stop asking strangers, no one wants what we want
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bag
Never expect to be sure
You're working for the police and the private, the pirates and the pilots
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the hairdresser,
Felt up and fingerprinted waiting for the train
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing something I don't got
There's a place that ends here I know
When they close the gates I'll cry
I'm so tired of never sleeping
The whole world wants what we're on
Didn't make this up I learned, I learned it from a friend
My friend is coming clean, she told me
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bed
Never expect to be sure, who you're working for
You're working for the police and the private, the pirates and the pilots
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the garbage collector
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing love
Got to get out
Got to get to you, the orphanage is closing in an hour
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and working full time, you're just a pawn in the company and are never sure of who is at the top and who youre working for/who your company works for etc.
she is looking for a way out but no1 wants her to stop working either, her fans (or boss depending on you), every1 is fingerprinted waiting for the train. i guess this could mean everyone has a record kept for them, trying to climb the corporate ladder. (take the train up)
There's a place that ends here I know (cant think of something for this atm, its late)
When they close the gates I'll cry (if they fire her she will loose her income and life)
I'm so tired of never sleeping (working long hours for peanuts)
The whole world wants what we're on (the whole world is greedy for money)
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love (we're forgetting the other values in life, particular connections and relationship, since the corporate world is so cut throat)
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama (you've probably sacrificed a lot for your job, no time for your mother, friends, family)
in the song.
"fingerprinted waiting for the train" ..."when they close the gates i cry"..."never expect to be sure who youre working for".
it reminds me of every human having tha ability to do horrible things and that there is a atleast a bit of
horrbile person in all of us.
i love this song for all the ways you can interpret it
Love & Music,
Tommy Lou
"Felt up and fingerprinted waiting for the train"
also, "When they close the gates I'll cry"
So, with those two lines, the first perhaps referring to being searched, and the second to airport gates, I thought it was about the whole security movement, and so on. As an Australian, I see no reason why people outside USA wouldn't write about that, and this stuff was around for as long as there have been governments. There's a famous quote, I forget who: "A society that sacrifices liberty for security will lose both and deserve neither." which is way older than 9/11.
Get straight, wait here while I try to find the exit sign - Trying to find a way out of this system
When will you stop asking strangers - You can't trust anyone
No one wants what we want - No one wants the freedom we want, they're content.
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bag - Bag here referring to leaving/exiting like a suitcase
Never expect to be sure - You can't be sure about anything
You're working for the police and the private, the pilots and the pirates - We're all working for the same person, the government
Fingerprinted waiting for the train - Go about our lives, fingerprinted and watched
The doctor, the writer, the hairdresser - Again, everyone is a part of the machinery of society
Felt up and fingerprinted waiting for the train - felt up and molested by the system
Lord lord mother we are all losing love - We don't know how to love anymore
Lord listen lover we are all missing mama - We just want to be children again
Lord lord mother we are all losing love
Lord listen lover we are all missing something I don't got - There's no room for love in this world
There's a place that ends here I know
When they close the gates I'll cry - the chance to escape is ending
I'm so tired of never sleeping - can't sleep out of paranoia
The whole world wants what we're on - Could be a reference to drugs, but I think it's being "high on life" for lack of a better phrase.
Didn't make this up I learned
I learned it from a friend
My friend is coming clean, she told me - The friend used to see the same problems she does, but now she's become a part of the system too
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bed - Not even safe while sleeping, as mentioned above
Never expect to be sure who you're working for -We're all working for the same person
Got to get out
Got to get to you, the orphanage is closing in an hour - We're all orphans in a world without love
Have you seen Brazil? This song really reminds me of it.
All the dystopian literature like Brave New World and 1984 are reminiscent here.