Caveman

i am guessing it is about a caveman.

Well I only heard this song for a few hours ago but I think the song might be about some form of domestic abuse from a father or other male relative. The lines that make me think this are:

"A monster lives in your backyard." The monster being the abuser and the backyard meaning that he is someone very close to home to the person (ie. a relative) or he is literally singing to one of his neighbours that one of their neighbours is a violent drunk etc.

"The big get bigger when the fight's done" The abuser only picks on the small and weak to make themselves feel bigger and better.

"A catalogue of nothing good" Just another reference that the house was a home to abuse.

"To find out where it feeds: A house." The occupants of the house are the victims of the "monster"

It could be the idea of domestic abuse, but it could be the psychologist idea that Basic had.

I think this song is about the world and how it is changing. The backyard being what we see as our home, Earth.

"The 2x4's are making their way around" Buildings get bigger, and more spread out every year.

"The big get bigger when the fights done" Corporations and Powerful people get more and more powerful every day.

"I found that secret door" He see's what is happening, but what can one person do?

"A Man with a shovel is gonna dig deep down and find out where it feeds" The white house, our government is letting it happen, and someday, someone is going to expose it.

"it seems like a drag to be torn apart by unexpected hands."

By now this should be pretty easy to interpret based on my views of this song. But this is only my opinion, Tom or Jim could have been writing about something completely different. But this made the most sense to me out of all. The world is changing, and the rich are the ones who have control over the poor. And it's getting worse and worse as the years go on. It's amazing that if this is true, he saw this 13 years ago. Because now, most people still cant even see it.

anybody ever hread this song? i just saw it on song website and thought i'd add it

this is from static prevails. cool song. cool album. not as good as clarity though. anyways, that's what i think...

Stattic Prevails is an amazing album. This song stands out to me as being sort of out of place on the album. This and Episode IV. But the variety they bring to the album is needed, and both are good songs. I still love digits and claire the most...

anyone know what this one means?

I think this song is awesome, at least music-wise. The biggining acoustic high notes are the best and the crickets just make it seem like a summer night or something. But i wonder what the hell tom was singging about in this song. It must be either an acid or mushroom trip or a dream. It could also be about just realizing that cavemen once lived in your backyard and ate there and stuff, but i really don't know.

i think this song has something to do with a visit to a psychologist...maybe thats just me.

he's talking about someone finding out about his true self maybe..

i dont know what this song means but it kicks ass. i like how jim sings in Static Prevails. JEW ROX!!!