Not only that, but his psycho-analytical overtones also serves as a critique of the predominant Freudian/Bernaysian Dialectics by deconstructing it from within through allegory and irony. Bernays took Freud's model of the self and corrupted it by developing propaganda techniques that could take advantage of the idea of the "individual," and thus forever changing society's understanding of one's "self"
A song sounding like many other songs of the era that praised and worshipped individuality, yet his lyrics are sly and to the effect of exemplifying one half of stoicism's relational obligation with society at large, hence "A face from the ancient gallery," awaking before dawn with earnestness, and paying respect to the brother and the sister.…show more content… The irony then comes from the lyrics when he portrays Freud's Oedipus complex, but in a way as to be hedonistic and self-serving for the new "individual." It is the juxtaposition of this with tragic possibility of this complex within us that sets it off.
Furthermore, "the end" is quite possibly referencing the result of the Bernays "individualism" for the sake of easily manipulated individualism. Following the dialectic to its end results in a total breakdown of one's "self" as everything else becomes meaningless. "My only friend" would of course be the only possible friend left to have:
