Natural's Not In

The lyrics question how people are taught to seek pleasure and happiness in a society shaped by money, advertising, and social expectations. The repeated question about what to do with leisure suggests that even free time can feel like a problem to be managed. The mood shifts between skepticism and frustration: promises of an ideal life sound attractive, but the speaker finds them exhausting and false.

Several images make this criticism vivid. Calling the body “good business” and describing the senses as a “market” suggest that physical desire and personal experience are being sold like products. “Repackaged sex” implies that desire is repeatedly presented in a new form to hold people’s attention. The reference to Lot’s wife, who in a biblical story looks back and is turned into salt, may suggest pressure to reject old desires or obey moral rules. The “heaven” that causes a migraine turns a promised perfect life into something painful.

The lyrics do not simply argue that pleasure is bad. They also challenge the idea that anything is purely “natural,” claiming that relationships are shaped by power and that good intentions can come with hidden conditions. This leaves some ambiguity: the speaker may be criticizing both commercial sexual imagery and restrictive moral expectations. The repeated lines make the system seem persistent, difficult to escape, and skilled at renewing its appeal.