First, I believe the significance of triangles is they suggest a declaration of direction, but also the potential for instability. Being born surely fits with a declaration of direction - but to Richard only in the sense of Gd's consolation prize (born into chaos).
The song is ultimately a rejection of social and other norms and a freedom from letting yourself be defined, at least by other people. he brings up how he could worry about what other people think of him, but has decided to be comfortable in his own skin/home - that's what the mirror and the wall are about - dining serving as a metaphor of something people do together with other people like them and use it to judge, manipulate, interact with one another.
But, when I dine it's for the wall that a set a place.
First, I believe the significance of triangles is they suggest a declaration of direction, but also the potential for instability. Being born surely fits with a declaration of direction - but to Richard only in the sense of Gd's consolation prize (born into chaos). The song is ultimately a rejection of social and other norms and a freedom from letting yourself be defined, at least by other people. he brings up how he could worry about what other people think of him, but has decided to be comfortable in his own skin/home - that's what the mirror and the wall are about - dining serving as a metaphor of something people do together with other people like them and use it to judge, manipulate, interact with one another.
But, when I dine it's for the wall that a set a place.