National Ransom
Ransoming Freedom: Unmasking Society's Charade
Lyrics
Running pell-mell and harum-scarum
Individuals are rushing recklessly and disorderly.
Running as hot as they do or dare
People are acting with great intensity and boldness.
Stick out your tongue
An invitation to be defiant or provocative.
And drink down all the venom
Encouragement to endure harsh criticism or negativity.
A cut-throat Cuthbert
Referring to deceitful characters, possibly metaphorical.
And Millicent St. Cyr
Names of characters, possibly symbolic, from Macau to the Americas.
From the real old Macau
A contrast between old Macau and the deceptive new Americas.
To the new false Americas
Referring to areas under liberation or change.
In the liberated territories
Various suspicious individuals extort or demand concessions.
Unusual suspects shake down, shake down, shake down
Repeated call for suspicious characters to be exposed or confronted.
Various dubious characters
Description of questionable and untrustworthy figures.
Mother's in the kitchen picking bones for breakfast
Depiction of a mother dealing with hardships, possibly metaphorical.
Boiling them down by the bushel and the score
Intense activity involving the processing of difficulties.
Pull out your thumb and count what's left on your fist
An instruction to assess losses or damage.
There's a wolf at the window with ravening maw
A threatening presence outside, possibly representing danger.
Did you find how to lie?
Questioning whether deception has been mastered.
Did you find out how to cheat?
Asking if cheating has been learned or employed.
The elite bleat, their obsolete
Commentary on the privileged class complaining about their decline.
But are your prospects?
Questioning the outlook or future prospects.
Exact, perfect object
Describing an ideal, flawless target.
Now, if you'd only genuflect
An appeal for submission or acknowledgment.
They're running wild
Individuals behaving uncontrollably, akin to a tantrum.
Just like some childish tantrum
Contrast between chaotic behavior and daily responsibilities.
Meanwhile we're working every day
The constant effort to meet obligations, especially financial.
Paying off the national ransom
Describing the burdensome cost of national problems.
Woe betide all this hocus-pocus
Expressing discontent with deceptive or misleading actions.
They're running us ragged at their first attempt
People being exhausted by a challenging situation.
Around the time the killing stopped on Wall St.
Referring to a period of economic turmoil.
You couldn't hold me, baby with anything but contempt
Resistance to being influenced by anything but disdain.
Letters peel slowly from our speech
Communication deteriorating or losing meaning gradually.
The claxton attempts to preach
A warning about misguided attempts to convey important messages.
Stretching for stars still out of reach
Striving for ambitious goals that are hard to attain.
Drowning
Symbolic drowning, possibly representing overwhelming challenges.
Flailing
Struggling and failing to cope with external distress.
Outside, someone's wailing
An external expression of distress or sorrow.
They're running wild
Reiteration of chaotic behavior similar to a tantrum.
Just like some childish tantrum
Continued description of disorderly conduct.
Meanwhile we're working every day
Continuous effort to meet daily responsibilities despite chaos.
Paying off the national ransom
Reiteration of the heavy cost of addressing national issues.
They're running wild
Further depiction of unruly behavior akin to a tantrum.
Just like some childish tantrum
Repetition of the theme of chaotic and childish behavior.
Meanwhile we're working every day
Continued daily effort to address and resolve national problems.
Paying off the national ransom
Emphasizing the ongoing responsibility of dealing with the national crisis.
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