Hats off to the Bull Lyrics Meaning

Obviously about satellite technology.

"All our needs put together don't bleed on their own, you paid for an eyeful, so behold the bull"

American tax dollars have funded the eye in the sky so we have paid for an eyeful no doubt, however, google earth is the closest we will ever get to seeing what we have no idea they actually see. Sure the technology is useful, but do we actually need it?

"Why can't I look up, out in the clearing, tell me what's there below, end over end"

Why can't I look up suggests an air of paranoia in that who want's to be spyed on? Out in the clearing means an unrestricted view for the satellite and he is questioning what's there below as in what can really be seen and heard.

"While he's safe for the moment, guess what I'm learning, he's never safe from the crowd"

I hear him say safe from the crow as in birds eye view, but safe from the crowd also implies blending in and being of no interest. What is it that he's learning? Hmmm.

"So hats off to the bull, no giving up, either way it makes you mad (well some of us), hats off to the bull, what ya say we make amends"

Hats off to the bull reminds me of how out of respect, you remove your hat during the star spangled banner as homage to America, but the way he sings it seems sarcastic and angry. Also, I think of how a bull is driven to rage by waving a red flag in front of its face. Seems the more he learns, the more he is provoked into hostility and anger at a country that is supposed to if not adhere to our constitutional rights, at least be ethical. HA! He seems to say he isn't giving in and buckling beneath what all he has learned. Perhaps like a bull, he was red flagged at some point, but refuses to be controlled, well, some of us at least. However, to make amends suggests he feels defeated as there is nothing he can do about it. Maybe build some sort of signal scrambler with a really large antenna.

"To be monumental, could mean the beyond"

What could be more monumental than heat signiatures and the speed of sound and light? It reaches out into the entire universe.

"The simpler the treasure, means the higher the cost"

HA! How simple is it now to navigate to your next destination, a little treasure at the touch of a screen, but every word you speak can be heard and what you may pull up when you touch that "satellite" view is NOT what the government can see. They can see much, much more.

"Well as for the ending, (damn right I'm learning) you might ask for the door, end over end,"

How will this end? Look to the Patriot Act for that and thank, well, nevermind. There is no escape, end over end; never ending.

"While I hate how the clouds hide, the gasps from above"

When the clouds obstruct their view...or do they?

"Find your challenge, suffer miles, colors gray he brings them out"

The process of deriving a crisp picture through the clouds.

"Don't mind the challenge, suffer miles, a little shallow if I don't say"

Is he saying shallow or shadow? Both make sense in that a shadow is easily seen through and correlates well with gray clouds, but shallow could mean the thousands of miles are shallow.

"Hats off to the bull, his time ain't up, bitter hell in the lions den, for some of us"

A reference to Daniel in the lions den and how this omnipotent god above tames the lions waiting to completely devour him, sparing his life. A feeling of fear and waiting for the enemy to strike.

"Hats off to the bull, the sun won't set, till the pain of the final breath"

A feeling of powerlessness and violation.