Passage vienna teng tv#

This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. That's why at the end he says, 'it's over' because the people who wanted to hurt the boss are gone. He waits until they are ready to come forward, and he puts a stop to it. Sees that the accountant isn't as loyal, that the wife is looking for a divorce. He knows the boss isn't a good man, and therefore has people who are likely to rise against him. I think this song is about someone loyal to the boss who is protecting him. Whatever you want, whatever you want, whatever you want is fine by me'

Passage vienna teng tv#

'But as you switch on your TV tomorrow morning, you'll hear me saying quietly: What does he set on fire? (I'd like to believe it's a literal fire, that makes things more interesting). What kind of papers? Divorce papers? And he takes all of the evidence that the boss is committing fraud, and he prepares to rat on his boss.Īnd the narrator sets a fire. She puts the papers in a pile, evidence that he's never there. The narrator wants him to keep believing that. Like yes, sir, yes right no one would dare stand up to you. Those lines are thoughts that the boss has spoken to the narrator and to me, they feel kind of like they're mocking him. 'no one would dare to question you, oh no the boss doesn't see her as a person, and the narrator sees that as a potential problem. 'you're an important man' is the kind of phrasing that the boss is likely to use, rather than the wife. The boss sees the accountant as loyal and efficient. The line 'far as you can see' is telling to me. The first verse is the narrator observing the accountant. There's the wife, the accountant, the boss, and the narrator. Which means there is a forth character in this song. And it's not the boss because he's mentioned in that line. And it's not the wife talking because she was mentioned in that verse in the third person, and it wouldn't make sense to just switch pronouns there. Every other time a first person pronoun is used, it comes after a colon, because it's the words that the accountant and the wife are thinking. My initial thought was that this song is in third person, to the asshole.īut the line 'I am the last one you'd ever suspect of setting the fire'.

There are three distinctive POVs in this song.

I was totally buying the whole it's the accountant and the wife teaming up and setting a fire, either literal or figurative, to their boss/husband and exposing him for all of his bad things.īut something kept tripping me up. Okay, so I've been thinking about this song for awhile now.

Oh whatever you say, oh whatever you say, Oh whatever you say, oh whatever you say. I'll do what you ask me, I'll do what you ask me. Oh whatever you say, oh whatever you say: I am the last one you'd ever suspect of setting the fire, of setting the fire.īut as you switch on your TV tomorrow morning, you'll hear me saying quietly: No one would dare to question you, oh no.īut in the night she leaves the papers in a tiny pile: evidence for her reasons.Īnd in the night he takes the main accounts and pulls the files, detailing every treason. She is a dress wearing a face in the doorway, opening her arms out to you: she's alone again.īut she goes on curating your domestic museum. don't know if you're coming home or when. Never a real moment together but she understands: you're an important man.Īnother late night. Whatever you want, whatever you want, whatever you want is fine by me. He knows every loophole, the art of fine print, massages the numbers 'til they fit.Īnd every time you ask him for another vanishing act, he half-smiles as if to say: No detectable ambition, a model of efficiency, far as you can see. He's a company man, your right hand, 13 years and counting.