the song is part of the album Demon Days. The whole album is a story. The song before this one is "Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head" (Monkey's Head being a volcano). The one after is Demon Days, the song the album was named after. This is somewhat telling what happened to the "Happy People" town after the deity(Monkey) blew up. It blew up because people were mining into it's jewels overcome with greed. The "crack on the corner and someone dead" is the affect of the eruption. If you want more information on "Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head go to songfacts.com and search it up or wikipedia and search up the whole album for the story. It is really all just one big story after an apocolypse.
the song is part of the album Demon Days. The whole album is a story. The song before this one is "Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head" (Monkey's Head being a volcano). The one after is Demon Days, the song the album was named after. This is somewhat telling what happened to the "Happy People" town after the deity(Monkey) blew up. It blew up because people were mining into it's jewels overcome with greed. The "crack on the corner and someone dead" is the affect of the eruption. If you want more information on "Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head go to songfacts.com and search it up or wikipedia and search up the whole album for the story. It is really all just one big story after an apocolypse.