| Cap'n Jazz – We Are Scientists! Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think he's talking about the confusion resulting from the confusion resulting from the adolescent-to-adulthood transition (this can't be much of a stretch considering how young these guys were). The "Cotton preshrunk/Colors fade" lines are about youthful innocence and the loss of (via 'fading'). "More of me than I am of it" is more about confusio/frustration in the sense that he's consumed by it, but still able to see his way through it adequately enough to write about it. "Can't pick a side to pick a fight on" probably has something to do with growing up a spiteful teen and then having nothing practical to do with that anger once you've reached 'adult' age (you know- the classic 'punk rock' conundrum). "Tangled me toothless" means all this confusion has left him at a loss for words, depressed. "Walls inch in closer" line is a vivid description of his fears closing in on him. After this he seems to be reflecting on growing up and his contempt for assigned social roles (everybody behaving how they're 'supposed' to behave). 'Holden Caulfield', as someone else said, is a great way to put it. "Can't look at the sky without looking right through it" is a way of saying that some things are beyond resolve, intangible. He's saying that by analyzing certain thing we miss their very essence - that the answer is right there in front of our noses at all times but we look past it for something more because we refuse to accept thing for face value. Whoa. Deep and stuff. |
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