I think this song talks about the Nazis and the work they do. I saw the "clampdown" as being part of the Nazis. At the beggining of the song, it mentions a man removing his turban and they say "is this man a Jew?" This led me to believe that Jews were being discriminated against, like the Holocaust. People don't want to be a part of the discrination, acting as a Nazi, but then it later says "How can you refuse it?" This asks if the people can really refuse the government's will for people to become Nazis. When the song talks about how "you" start working for the clampdown, you wear brown and blue and you "make your first kill now". I took that literally, meaning they finally gave in and became a Nazi.
The chaotic beat and random spruts of evergy when the singer comes back in shows how there are twists in his life. There are also little interjections that seem to come from nowhere that show the disorganization and how he doesn't know what to think. The music is heavy and fast, showing how fast-paced everything is going.
Persuasion is used by the government by the control and power they have over the people. They target the "young believers" so they can train them while they are still young so they are able to get them to follow their footsteps. Then they use deception because as the song continues, you can tell that more and more people have started working for the "clampdown". Finally "you" become dragged into it; this is where the deception comes in. It says that the work "makes you feel big now." This is deceiving because what they are doing is wrong, but the power and control they have over the people makes it feel good and right to them. The deception used throughout the song all builds up to show how "you" finally give in.
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