Zeraph

I've always loved this song and it's many covers (IMO the best version is BT4's that was for BSG). But I've never fully understood what it meant. Here are the lyrics for those unfamiliar:

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

To me it's about a conversation at first, talking about how they want to leave a society where life goes by unappreciated. They're excited they found each other and decide to do something about it.

The watchtower and princes could be society. The two riders are probably the joker and thief right? Attacking standard convention, I'd guess. The fact there's only two of them and the ominous wind shows the hard battle ahead if they want to change anything.

But why a joker and a thief? Maybe because there's truth in humor and a thief knows what things are worth?