Bodysnatchers

This song is about feeling desensitized, dehumanized and marginalized in the modern world. I also think it speak of the causes of this, living in nanny states like Britain, being bombarded by the media, and always being told what to think and believe by the government and corporations.

"I do not Understand What it is I've done wrong"

I think this is a direct reference to our world and society becoming more and more restrictive on the freedoms and choice of the individual. For instance, in a large number of western countries more and more legislation and policies are brought to bear that restricts the freedom of the an individual to make choices that affects only herself. This includes things like smoking laws, high 'sin taxes' on items like tobacco and alcohol, laws against recreational drug use, prostitution, etc...

Also, we are often told by 'what to think' and which opinions we should have against certain ideas and stereotypes, like the 'arab terrorist', unpatriotic citizen, the racist, etc, by politicians and the media.

Increasingly, we are being monitored and under surveillance. This leads to a sentiment of having done something wrong and feeling like a suspect for no reason.

"Full of holes Check for pulse Blink your eyes One for yes Two for no"

All these forces in our daily lives cause us to feel empty and confused, "full of holes". We are all brushed by the same stroke, no one, or very few can be unique. There is no room for the individual. This leaves us feeling like Zombies with no pulse.

We are unable to decide for our self how to live our lives, we have no power. We can only blink, our only choices are yes and no. Either you choose to accept this life, or you will live in misery and be rejected and dismissed by society.

"You killed the sound Removed backbone A pale imitation With the edges Sawn off"

I think 'sound' refers to our will to live, sort like the 'music within us', that is killed by 'you', referring to all the agents that supress us. Our will to stand up and rebel against it, our backbone, is pacified and controlled. We as people and our lives are just 'pale imitations', the edges sawn off so that we'll fit the mould.

"I have no idea what you are talking about Your mouth moves only with someone's hand up your ass"

I have no control over my thoughts and opinions, I can only regurgatate what is being force fed to me.

"Has the light gone out for you? Because the light's gone for me"

I think this refers to dissociation that we feel towards each other. We all experience the emotions referred to in the song, but we don't share it with each other, we are in fact disunited by it.

"It is the 21st century It is the 21st century It can follow you like a dog It brought me to my knees"

But this is just the world and times that we live in, I have no control over it. It follows me like a dog, it's everywhere I go. I also think that "being followed like a dog" refers to being under constant surveillance and suspicion. "It brought me to my knees", I had submit to it.

"They got a skin and they put me in They got a skin and they put me in All the lines wrapped around my face All the lines wrapped around my face And for anyone else to see And for anyone else to see

I'm a lie"

This again refers to the hollowed shell of an individual, a zombie. I think "The lines wrapped around my face" refers to a sort of marionette. The strings control our "faces", or emotions.

In the end, everyone knows that you are a lie and you can't stop it.