The meaning of this song, as far as I can see, is pretty straightforward. Nick is calling on God, the "author" of the world, to explain all of the suffering in it, to provide answers to all of the dark questions mankind has. All of these hardships and problems he metaphorically refers to as "prolixity" (a term which means needless and excessive use of language) and calls on God to get involved and "edit" this extraneous pain and suffering out of his work ("nothing a pair of scissors can't fix").
The meaning of this song, as far as I can see, is pretty straightforward. Nick is calling on God, the "author" of the world, to explain all of the suffering in it, to provide answers to all of the dark questions mankind has. All of these hardships and problems he metaphorically refers to as "prolixity" (a term which means needless and excessive use of language) and calls on God to get involved and "edit" this extraneous pain and suffering out of his work ("nothing a pair of scissors can't fix").
And cave intetionally uses prolix in the lyrics too ("Our myxomatoid kids spraddle the streets", "In this idiot constituency of the moon", etc.).
And cave intetionally uses prolix in the lyrics too ("Our myxomatoid kids spraddle the streets", "In this idiot constituency of the moon", etc.).