I tend to think The National lyrics to tend more toward being personal than political, but I don't undestand many of them so maybe I'm mistaken. So, although the unfit white-collar worker theme seems more in line with other song themes, the Bush-Iraq War theme is still intriguing.
Not only does "Squalar Victoria," at least for me, instantly convey the image of Iraq, but the way the US entered fits in with "Out of my league, I have birds in my sleeves and I wanna rush in with the fools" (what are "birds in my sleeves"? Maybe this is fanfare warfare?). On the other hand "3:30 in the night" and "zoning out" don't work as well as metaphors.
I tend to think The National lyrics to tend more toward being personal than political, but I don't undestand many of them so maybe I'm mistaken. So, although the unfit white-collar worker theme seems more in line with other song themes, the Bush-Iraq War theme is still intriguing.
Not only does "Squalar Victoria," at least for me, instantly convey the image of Iraq, but the way the US entered fits in with "Out of my league, I have birds in my sleeves and I wanna rush in with the fools" (what are "birds in my sleeves"? Maybe this is fanfare warfare?). On the other hand "3:30 in the night" and "zoning out" don't work as well as metaphors.