Reply To: Artificial Heart discussion
I have two interpretations for The World Belongs to You – the more literal one – the subject of the song is an evangelist or a politician, and the song is a twin to TMBG’s “Kiss Me, Son of God” (another favorite song of mine). At first it does seem like general celebrity, but evangelist/political celebrities are more in the business of telling us what to do, and are also more likely to do the bad things the song says they’ll have to answer for. (I guess there are a lot of celebrity scumballs, but they don’t have as broad of an effect with their behavior/choices.
When I’m in a more general mood I think of the song as being about a know-it-all who thinks very highly of themselves (obviously) and ends up pushing everyone away that once had a modicum of respect for them, and the limos are all metaphorical.
Man, I love this album. I’ve never looked forward to my long commute so much as I do these days.