Contributors:

Jonathan Chaffer

Jordan

Steven Lang

Screwy343

Dave Williams

This is another imagery-filled song, so we'll take care of that part first. The section of the song that begins "the mirror it reflects..." is just a description of the reflection of a human in the mirror, worded in a very odd fashion. The "snowman with protective rubber skin" bit may be another way of describing a person, or it may have more specific meaning to the song. There is also a possible reference to the Beatles song "Nothing's Gonna Change My World."

There are a couple of possible interpretations for the rest of the song. One idea is that it is about death. The mirror reflecting a skeleton is, as noted above, just a standard reflection, but the descriptive method might be a way of saying that the person in question is aware that he will one day be just a skeleton. The title of the song may in fact refer to the state after death-- your clothes never change because you are buried. It has been suggested that some of the imagery may allude to radiation or nuclear war.

Another interp is that the song deals with being too optimistic. Proof offered for this is the first line; your head caving in is no reason to be happy. The ideals of society are spreading, kind of like the domino effect. Nothing changing your clothes becomes a declaration that society will not change you to accept its narrow-minded optimism.