This song is about the codependent relationship between the royal family and its subjects. There was a time - war time as M points out - when the Family and the population were united. Now the Family is hopelessly out of touch, stuck in the past, and in denial of human emotions ("Charles don't you ever crave") and circumstances ("nine year old who peddles drugs"). The Family is vaguely aware of this disconnect and so they periodically appear in garden walk TV interviews where they launch into talks about precious things, but still they come across as insincere, stuck up, and outdated. But the population is not without blame. It would rather medicate in pubs and cling to the church being incapable of renewing or creating a "healthy national spirit" and so the codenpendency continues.
When I first heard the phrase "sponge and a rusty spanner" it made me think of sponge as a methaphor for female and spanner as male, but I've abandoned that idea.
This song is about the codependent relationship between the royal family and its subjects. There was a time - war time as M points out - when the Family and the population were united. Now the Family is hopelessly out of touch, stuck in the past, and in denial of human emotions ("Charles don't you ever crave") and circumstances ("nine year old who peddles drugs"). The Family is vaguely aware of this disconnect and so they periodically appear in garden walk TV interviews where they launch into talks about precious things, but still they come across as insincere, stuck up, and outdated. But the population is not without blame. It would rather medicate in pubs and cling to the church being incapable of renewing or creating a "healthy national spirit" and so the codenpendency continues. When I first heard the phrase "sponge and a rusty spanner" it made me think of sponge as a methaphor for female and spanner as male, but I've abandoned that idea.
Great interpretation
Great interpretation