The first two verses are about the narrator being disgusted with his 'bread and circuses' environment, up until "I only kill to know I'm alive" where he reveals an underlying sense of powerlessness and alienation. The final two verses reveal that the narrator's belief system has become warped to the point that degeneracy is his virtue; this irony culminates in the line "no one listens to reason, it's too late" which could have equally been said by the ones whom the narrator percieves as enemies.
The first two verses are about the narrator being disgusted with his 'bread and circuses' environment, up until "I only kill to know I'm alive" where he reveals an underlying sense of powerlessness and alienation. The final two verses reveal that the narrator's belief system has become warped to the point that degeneracy is his virtue; this irony culminates in the line "no one listens to reason, it's too late" which could have equally been said by the ones whom the narrator percieves as enemies.