Synchronicity II
The Police (Bass) Lyrics

Another suburban family morning
Another day in the life of a typical suburban family

Grandmother screaming at the wall
The grandmother is likely senile and shouting at an inanimate object, indicating the sense of frustration and alienation in the household

We have to shout above the din of our rice crispies
The family is so detached from each other that they can't hear anything over the noise of their breakfast cereal

We can't hear anything at all
Their breakfast is serving as a distraction to the point where the family can't even communicate effectively anymore

Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration
The mother is expressing her feelings of boredom and frustration with her life

But we know all her suicides are fake
The family is aware that the mother is merely threatening to commit suicide as a form of expression, but wouldn't actually follow through with it

Daddy only stares into the distance
The father is distant and emotionally unavailable

There's only so much more that he can take
The father is becoming overwhelmed by the pressures of his life

Many miles away something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake
There is something ominous and threatening emerging from the depths of a Scottish lake, which serves as a metaphor for the emotional turmoil and uncertainty in the suburban family's lives

Another industrial ugly morning
The start of another work day in a drab, unappealing setting

The factory belches filth into the sky
The factory is polluting the environment

He walks unhindered through the picket lines today, He doesn't think to wonder why
The worker is able to cross the picket lines without issue, despite the fact that he is benefiting from the work of union organizers

The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street, But all he ever thinks to do is watch,
The worker objectifies and sexualizes the women in the workplace, indicating a lack of respect or consideration for their feelings

And every single meeting with his so-called superior Is a humiliating kick in the crotch
The worker feels powerless and humiliated during interactions with his boss or manager

Many miles away something crawls to the surface Of a dark Scottish loch
Something unsettling is emerging from the depths of a Scottish lake, mirroring the sense of danger or uncertainty in the worker's life

Another working day has ended
The work day has concluded

Only the rush hour hell to face
The worker must now face the chaos and stress of rush hour traffic

Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes Contestants in a suicidal race
People are metaphorically like lemmings, blindly following the crowd and racing towards their deaths

Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
The father is again distant and withdrawn, consumed by his own thoughts and concerns

He knows that something somewhere has to break
The father feels that the mounting tension and pressure in his life will eventually become untenable and lead to some sort of crisis

He sees the family home now, looming in his headlights The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
The father is eager to return home, but is anxious about the emotional turmoil and conflict that awaits him

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door Of a cottage on the shore Of a dark Scottish lake
The ominous force from the Scottish lake is still present, suggesting that the underlying sense of tension and danger is pervasive and ongoing

Many miles away
Repetition of the idea that the sense of danger and uncertainty is pervasive and distant, yet still present in all aspects of the characters' lives