Handlebars lyrics

I could listen to this song over and over
Awesome explanation here!
http://learningsun.com/2009/01/flobots-handlebars-vide o-meaning

dis song drives all my friends crazy...the video made me cry. boy, u gotta wake UP! u just left ur firend in the dust. i like the beat, tho.

if you watch the video you'll understand: it starts off with two average guys riding their bikes. they're friends and they are enjoying the simple things in life.
they reach a fork in the road and on the sign you see a dove pointing in one direction and the letter ''C'', which could represent corporations and the inevitable power they lead to.

the first verse is the friend who chooses the dove.
(this could represent peace or freedom.)
he lives his life enjoying the simple things still: he do-si-do's, he makes comic books, and he uses music to express himself.
he keeps rythm with no metronome: he lives his simple life without the boundaries of unecessary outside noise.

the line where he says
"And I can see your face on the telephone
On the telephone
On the telephone"
he is communicating with his friend who chose the alternative lifestyle of incredible power. the singer becomes the the man in the corporate world and he begins to describe his point of view.

he tells about all the ways he can make money. he becomes confident in his power over wealth and economics. he becomes influential and realizes that he can wield that control for his selfish advantage. he gets access to nuclear technology as his power expands: "And I can split the atoms of a molecule.
Of a molecule."

it soon becomes apparent that he eventually attained the status of a tyrant. the lyrics say:
"Look at me
Look at me
Driving and I won't stop
And it feels so good to be
Alive and on top

My reach is global
My tower secure
My cause is noble
My power is pure."

he is a ruler of the entire world, it sounds like...

all the while you see the other friend, the one who chose the peaceful way of life, and you see him lamenting the fate of the man who used to ride bikes with him. he shakes his head while reading the newspaper, wondering, 'what has he become?'

RUTHLESS. that is what he became.

"I can hand out a million vaccinations
Or let 'em all die in exasperation
Have 'em all healed of their lacerations
Have 'em all killed by assassination
I can make anybody go to prison
Just because I don't like 'em.
And I can do anything with no permission
I have it all under my command"

he had too much power.

in the video you see a rebellion, led by the man who followed the dove.
he is refusing to be submit to tyranny.

all the while, the other man is ranting about his supremacy:
"Because I can guide a missile by satellite"
"And I can hit a target through a telescope"

you see men and woman stand against soldiers armed with guns and shields. they aree being gunned down and slaughtered.
and while you hear the words

"And I can end the planet in a holocaust"

the man who followed the dove is shot and killed.
in that instant, the man who used to be friends with him, but was corrupted by corporation, recognizes his old companion and realizes that he is responsible for his death.

his face shows regret as he remebers life before the fork in the road.
the song end with him reminising:

"I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars."

I personally don't think that this song is meaningless. I think it is expressing how some people become too powerful to even understand themselves so this song ends up slowing down, justifying that power isn't everything in this tiny world we live in...

Or..I thinkt too much:*