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Eels – Susan's House Lyrics 9 years ago
I agree that its about the tragedy of life, and society, but I'd like to add that its also a lot more about finding relief with susan, who will distract him from all the evil people, because there is a reasonable friend he has found.

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Eels – Flyswatter Lyrics 9 years ago
This song too me is a lot more about how in life, there are the small things that will weigh you down, and annoy you, but you have to find that release, your "flyswatter". Little field mice
" Living under the house
Never eating much
Tough life for a mouse
And if you think you're
Gonna be spared
You're wrong " This confirms my first point about how small things ( mice ) will always annoy you, and they're basically impossible to avoid.

" Field mice, head lice
Spiders in the kitchen
Don't think twice 'bout
Whatever keeps you itchin'
Ice water, flyswatter
Gonna get you through
The day "
The first few lines represent all the annoyances you can have, and how they can come in all different forms, but you have to find a way too ignore them. Then it says, that your ice water, your flyswatter will help you get over those differences. Drinking ice water after a long day to relax, and having a fly swatter to get rid of annoyances, or smack 'em away.
"Heat is rolling in like
Hell's red rug
Stinking like the
Breath of Beelzebub
And if you think you won't
Walk on coals
You will" links to my first point, you cant avoid annoyances. Even "That's real good
Oh yeah" can be linked to him showing relief at the "end of the day", although its just the end of the song. All of this can also be linked to the youtube video, were a nun goes skateboarding after (presumably) long day. A nun goes skateboarding, a clown stalks girls, a little child plays in the sand, but discovers an annoyance. Or you could take it the other way and its a child toiling and passing the time, and finding relief. either way.

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