Lyrically, the song is talking about being subordinate and turning a blind eye. By doing this, the oppressor can take control. Once the singer tried to rise up against the oppression it became too late.
The music helps mirror and push the message through the tempo as well as the instrumentals. At the beginning, the music was slow and the singing was blurred, describing the oppression. As he lyrically begins to rise up against the oppressor, the tempo picks up and the singing becomes angrier.
The title is an allusion to the novel 1984 by George Orwell because Winston, the main character writes that Big Brother could say that 2+2=5 and one would inevitably believe it which relates to the song in the sense that the artist writes of oppression and submission the the oppression as well as rivaling the oppressor.
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