This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
It's not about the boy
found slain
It ain't about his lips
blood drained
You should've seen his
dreams dissolve
Into the dumpster behind
the mall
I'm goin' down to the
wonderful life
I'm goin' down inside
a satellite
I'm goin' down on the
bullet train
I'm goin' down on the perfect dream
It's not about the
freeway drone
That score her tired
journeys home
Softly licking her to sleep
Her eyes are closed to
the brake light streaks
Sleep in the softest bed
Eat everything you need
Never ask anyone
For anything at all
Why can't I stroke this
world to sleep
Please help me stroke
this world to sleep
It's not about his
prescription brain
Deprived of pills that
keep it sane
He told himself he could
go it alone
See him plead with the
unplugged phone
Sleep in the softest bed
Eat everything you need
Never ask anyone
For anything at all
That restless old monkey
Prisoned inside of me
Stiff bones that
close him in
He waits trapped
deep within
I'm goin' down to the
wonderful life
I'm goin' down inside
a satellite
I'm goin' down on
the SST
I'm goin' down on the
perfect dream
I'm goin' down to the
wonderful life
I'm goin' down like a
ripped up kite
I'm goin' down with
broken ribs
I'm goin' down to a
dirty crib
found slain
It ain't about his lips
blood drained
You should've seen his
dreams dissolve
Into the dumpster behind
the mall
I'm goin' down to the
wonderful life
I'm goin' down inside
a satellite
I'm goin' down on the
bullet train
I'm goin' down on the perfect dream
It's not about the
freeway drone
That score her tired
journeys home
Softly licking her to sleep
Her eyes are closed to
the brake light streaks
Sleep in the softest bed
Eat everything you need
Never ask anyone
For anything at all
Why can't I stroke this
world to sleep
Please help me stroke
this world to sleep
It's not about his
prescription brain
Deprived of pills that
keep it sane
He told himself he could
go it alone
See him plead with the
unplugged phone
Sleep in the softest bed
Eat everything you need
Never ask anyone
For anything at all
That restless old monkey
Prisoned inside of me
Stiff bones that
close him in
He waits trapped
deep within
I'm goin' down to the
wonderful life
I'm goin' down inside
a satellite
I'm goin' down on
the SST
I'm goin' down on the
perfect dream
I'm goin' down to the
wonderful life
I'm goin' down like a
ripped up kite
I'm goin' down with
broken ribs
I'm goin' down to a
dirty crib
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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Each verse repeats what "it's not about." In each one he lists an aspect of modern life, first gorey newspaper headlines, then a boring commute to and from work, then prescription drugs and psychiatry. All of these things consume the time of a decent, well-off person living the American Dream (of course you have to remember when this album was current the middle class in America was huge and seemingly everyone was rich). These are all things that obviously shouldn't be a part of a "wonderful life," but they were (and still are) major parts of modern culture, kind of unintended consequences.
The chorus is more of the same - He's riding modern amenities like satellites and bullet trains to the American Dream. Later he's sleeping in the softest beds, eating whenever he feels like it and never needing another person for anything at all.
The song describes your average American, watching the news about missing and slain children, spending all their time at work or commuting to and from it, staying in a daily grind of a routine, then dealing with all the psychological problems that causes with drugs, traveling closer and closer to a sarcastically "wonderful life."
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"It ain't about any front page crap It's all about the urge in your lap"
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