A Wolf at the Door Lyrics Meaning

No one taking a stab at interpreting this? Well I read somewhere that years ago Thom was assaulted so maybe that accounts for the "kicks you in the teeth, steel toe caps, takes all your credit cards"... "Dance you fucker" might be a reference to the movie "Goodfellas" with the "mafia justice". "Take it with the love it's given" is sarcasm directed at being beaten up, as is "Take it with a pinch of salt". It means just "man up" and accept you got the shit beat out of you. "Let me back...I promise to be good, don't look in the mirror at the face you don't recognize" is Thom asking for a return to normality after experiencing trauma. Ultimately though, he finds the experience too much to handle and pleads, "Help me, call the doctor, put me inside" He wants to be protected and shielded.

The wolf at the door refers to the personal information the mugger obtained when Thom was accosted and beat up. The guy is calling him and threatening and terrorizing him in reality, or it could just be Thom having a dark dream about this possibility...

I don't have an explanation for the giant cranes and x-ray eyes. I did read an interpretation of that somewhere which seemed plausible but it escapes me at the moment...

Stepford wives, cold wives and mistresses, etc. and investments and dealers refers to the business side of the music industry. Emotion is lost, wives and mistresses are beautiful (it's a facade like the Stepford wives)and cold and with all the money there's investments and dealers to deal with...

City boys in First Class (don't know they're born little) is a reference to big-shot politicians. They make a mess and someone else always comes and cleans it up.

"I wish you'd get up, get over, and turn the tape off", means Thom is sick of hearing rhetoric.