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Are paperback novels and dogs scratching fleas
While the rest of the lyrics seem to talk about fear as an almighty being, this line seems oddly out of place in terms of it's symbolism. Paperback novels and dogs scratching fleas can be interpreted as everyday things we do not pay special attention to. Applying this metaphor to the rest of the lyrics, they seem to imply that, although fear is an almighty thing that twists the mind of many people, it is also in it's own way mundane. It can be very powerful, but also ignored.