Seattle is the home of Amazon.com, Inc. A few years ago they built an enormous pair of glass balls downtown to underline their importance. Many people came to pay their respects while many other’s saw just a wasteful display of self importance. The last verse (updated from the album version) refers to when Jeff Bezos’ brand new super yacht was too big get out of where it was built in Rotterdam and he had to pay for the partial dismantling and then rebuilding of the De Hef bridge.
we live in a boomtown metropolis
a place where success is a weapon of war
some people live in spectacular mansions
some people can’t afford to live
anywhere anymore
but Bezos has the money
he’s got all that money
more than a hundred billion dollars in his pants
way down in his pants
they built a shiny new temple to
themselves downtown
people genuflect as they pass
artificial sunlight and climate control
so they can colonize the jungle behind
a pain of glass
and because Bezos has the money
he’s got of all that money
clutching in the fingers of his hand
he’s a rich man
Amazon – you don’t have the right to use that name
Amazon – it is a nation and a people
Amazon – one of the world’s greatest rivers
Amazon – it is the lungs of the planet
and we can barely breath anymore
rich man’s yacht got stuck in the eye of a needle
they had to take it apart bit by bit
put it back together when no one was watching
hoping that the pieces still fit
if it still holds water
if the money’s still good
and if the whole thing just doesn’t implode
heading for the end of the road
Amazon – you don’t have the right to use that name
Amazon – it is a nation and a people
Amazon – one of the world’s greatest rivers
Amazon – it is the lungs of the planet
and this is our planet
and it is not for sale
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