Lyric discussion by brothersteve 

Singer, Neil Tennant says; "It's … a satire about the relationship between [Tony] Blair and [George] Bush from Blair's point of view".

It’s easy to label someone stupid with perfectly clear hindsight

“Oh that was stupid, I wouldn’t have done that!”

Well, of course you wouldn’t – now that you know what happened!

It’s easy to disparage leaders – not only Bush, but any leader! But we only have the right to do so if we can genuinely, honestly say that we were opposed to their direction at the outset. If we’ve changed sides since the whole thing went bad, that would be hypocrisy, in which case the smartest thing you can do, is bite your tongue.

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