The lyrics are what killed No Line, no doubt. But they still shoudve owned that morroccan theme or discarded it altogether. I personally think it sounded good on them. Not forced at all. Cedars and White as snow wouldve made way more sense. And the whole album needed a more prevalent Edge.
The word magnificent was never going to get them a #1 hit. Talking about little old ladies, atm machines, caller id, move to trash, candy floss, etc, not very inspiring or profound. The imagery those words promote is just goofy and lame. Seriously, if you were to ever hear someone call something 'Magnificent' youd look at them a little funny before you decide to take them seriously or not. Might as well write a song called 'fantastic'.
I get the song and its metaphor its just a bad word for Rock n roll's sake.