It's about these group of kids waking up with no adults around or any other form of supervision. Think about it...ask yourself...what would you wanna do if there wasn't any form of authority? You'd wanna pick a fight...with anyone. The kids are out of control ("...swingin' from the power lines...") and the singer is trying to find and restore any semblance of civilization back to the group while there is absolutely chaos going on: kids are dying, others are influenced by greed ("Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!"). They're being stripped of any innocence and civility and are forced to start over again. And the singer realizes how animalistic and barbaric humanity is beyond the veil, when humanity is stripped down to the bare-bone ("theres something wrong in the heart of man").
It's about these group of kids waking up with no adults around or any other form of supervision. Think about it...ask yourself...what would you wanna do if there wasn't any form of authority? You'd wanna pick a fight...with anyone. The kids are out of control ("...swingin' from the power lines...") and the singer is trying to find and restore any semblance of civilization back to the group while there is absolutely chaos going on: kids are dying, others are influenced by greed ("Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!"). They're being stripped of any innocence and civility and are forced to start over again. And the singer realizes how animalistic and barbaric humanity is beyond the veil, when humanity is stripped down to the bare-bone ("theres something wrong in the heart of man").