For me this song is about being too deep or to profound and having to create a more shallow facade just to be accepted.
[Verse 1]
Monochrome, it's a Saturn world
Lying beneath the rings
And they tell me we don't have a long time 'til our decline
[Verse 2]
All the grown men are set in their ways
Shining in the street
And they tell me we don't have a long time, a great design
[Chorus 1]
Why don't you shame the world
Shame them with your words and I'll smile
Why don't you shame the world
Shame them with your words and eyes
A pattern of make believe
[Verse 3]
I'll atone for the saddest verse
Dry beneath my feet
And they tell me I don't have a long time to change your mind
[Verse 2]
All the grown men are set in their ways
Shining in the street
And they tell me we don't have a long time, a great design
[Chorus 2]
Shame the world
Shame it with your words and I'll smile
We always have attained the words to my mind
Black Marble released A Great Design on Sun Sep 09 2012.