Lyrics
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
Reference to Baghdad and a space cog analyst, suggesting a military or espionage context.
You'll never guess who informed
Someone is being informed, and the speaker asserts it will be impossible to guess the informant's identity.
It was Craig and Steve
Identification of informants as Craig and Steve.
The stool pigeons, cha-cha-cha-cha...
Referring to Craig and Steve as stool pigeons, possibly implying betrayal or collaboration.
Guest informant, guest informant
Repetition of "Guest informant," emphasizing the theme and the importance of the informant.
Guest informant, guest informant
-I followed the colonel to the cheap hotel,
Describing the speaker's actions: following a colonel, tapping beds, and wiring phones in a cheap hotel.
I tapped the beds
-I wired the phones as well,
-Colonel Boggs Maroley was his mantle
Introducing Colonel Boggs Maroley and expressing surprise or miscalculation on the speaker's part.
Had not counted on
-I had not counted on
-Guest Informant, guest informant
Reiteration of the significance of the guest informant.
I've been split on, I've been touted on,
Describing the speaker's experience of being betrayed or revealed by the guest informant.
I had not counted on Guest Informant
-In the burning scorch of another Sunday over
Setting the scene in a Scottish hotel with a comparison to album covers of bands Genesis or Marillion.
The miserable Scottish hotel,
-Resembled a Genesis or Marillion, 1973 LP cover
-All the hotel staff had been dismissed,
Describing the emptiness of the hotel with only the speaker, a Hoover (vacuum cleaner), and O.A.P.s (Old Age Pensioners).
It was me, the Hoover, and the O. A. P.s
-Asked: Could he turn killer?
Deliberation on the potential danger of Colonel Boggs Maroley, ultimately suggesting he is a cog analyst rather than a killer.
Thought: could I kill him?
-Pondered: Or is he itinerant?
-But I guess he's just a cog analyst
-Guest informant, guest informant
Repetition of "Guest informant," underscoring its impact on the speaker.
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst.
Reiteration of the military or espionage context with references to Baghdad, space, and cog analyst.
I could not comprehend, I could not understand
Expressing the speaker's inability to comprehend or understand the situation fully.
Had not counted on, I had not counted all
-Guest informant, guest informant
Reaffirmation of the presence and impact of the guest informant.
I've been split by a first-grade moron
Describing the speaker's betrayal by a seemingly unintelligent person (first-grade moron).
And I had not counted on, I had not counted on
-Guest informant, guest informant
Repetition of "Guest informant," emphasizing the ongoing impact of the betrayal.
Guest informant, guest informant
-I've been let down, by a first-grade moron
Expressing disappointment and betrayal by someone perceived as intellectually inferior.
And I could not comprehend
Reiterating the speaker's difficulty in comprehending the situation and the unexpected nature of the betrayal.
Had not counted on
-Guest informant, guest informant
Final repetition of "Guest informant," concluding the narrative with a focus on the informant's role.
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