1. Lyrically, the song is talking about someone not paying attention to what is happening in their lives, like in 1984. The people were not really paying attention to what the Party was doing, and soon their society was very different. By "2+2=5" they are showing that even that 2+2 really doesn't equal 5, someone would believe that if they weren't paying attention. This applies to 1984 as well.
2. The music is very strong and forceful when it repeats the words "paying attention". The message of the song is to get across the fact that they need to pay attention, which is conveyed through this loud, demanding music.
3. "2+2=5" is an allusion to 1984 because, like I said before, the people in 1984 were not paying attention to the Party and the things that they were doing. The party could make them believe whatever they wanted, even if it wasn't true. They could make them believe that 2+2=5, even though it doesn't.
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