what is this narrative even?
why yes, it is a narrative. I take several lines in the song to mean that things in the world that the speaker sees have become what we might call illogical, wrong. hence the title, '2+2=5.' in the first lines, "are you such a dreamer, to put the world to rights", it's as if someone has changed the world to the state that it is now. the person believed that these changes might have been right, but they weren't. then, throughout the song, there are more of the illogical examples..."January has April showers...two and two make five...hail to the thief." not only have the people become complacent, they've been around these things that they've become ignorant. there might be innocence in not understanding the evils that are right under your nose, but that doesn't always make it better. "you weren't...paying attention."
in the beginning of the song, the speaker could have been fighting what he saw, and was seen as the rebel. but towards the end, you can see how the tone changes slightly. "go and tell the king that the sky is falling in...but it's not...maybe not..." these things that the speaker sees, it's as if the sky is falling, but after so long of trying to resist, he's come to accept it, at least somewhat.
also: twisted logic
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