| El-P – Tasmanian Pain Coaster Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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@waxlabltabler: "This is the sound of what you don't know killing you" is correct. This line is a play on the common expression "What you don't know can't hurt you.". @Skiptomylou: This song is not about what El-P hates about himself. This song is about running into an old aquaintance at a train station and realising too late that this aquaintance intends to attack you for profit in order to fuel a drug habit. It is intended as a window into the life or concerns of a person growing up and/or living in brooklyn. "I'm maintaining." is a common expression having the same meaning as the next to meaningless 'I'm alright' which I'm guessing you're more familiar with. @techy101: This section is describing the aquaintance lighting what first appears to be a tobacco cigarette but gives off the smell of PCP. It is not about whether or not EL-P or anyone he is associated with professionally has, does or will partake in the imbibation of narcotics. @CosmicHorror: The link is the emotional impression of each: hopelessness, loneliness, emptiness, loss, uncertainty, aquiescence, melancholy, "...the solemnity of the remorseless working of things"... etc. @MrKlorox: It doesn't make sense. The disassociative vibe I can only guess is in regards to to the somewhat industrial sound of the instruments and some of the more abstract lyrics. The lyrics are not intended to evoke drug-induced thought patterns. |
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