[spoken:] The story of the pigs who ran straightaway into the water and their great triumph

You're gonna send me back to where I came from
Please don't send me back to where I came from
Let me go where the white magnolias grow

You're gonna fit me for that orange jumpsuit
Please don't fit me for that orange jumpsuit
Let me ride where the dragonflies glide

Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
You think you hold the high hand
I've got my doubts
I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts

Big bus headed southeast from the courthouse
But I'm not headed southeast from the courthouse
Let some mysterious chunk of space debris
Puncture the roof and set me free

And even if I have to go to Claremont
Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont
Let me go
Let me lie low

Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
And you send your dark messengers to tempt me
I come from Chino so all your threats are empty


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    i havent heard this song on the cd it appears on (we shall be healed i think) but i have heard it and do own it. im going more off of the lyrics and previous comments though.

    the way i see it, the guy has overcome. he's clean and no longer addicted. but before he overcame his problem, he got in trouble with the law. now, he just wants to live his life. he knows hes no longer a threat to society in any way. but that gosh darn law, they don't see it like that. they want him behind bars. he knows that if he gets locked up for a while, hes just gonna relapse. he won't be able to stay clean. he just wants to move far away, and theyre bringing him back.

    even if thats not it, which i dont think it is. darnielle usually is blatant, but not usually that specific. anyway, i think even if thats not it exactly, that its still the rough idea. i think the generally feeling is tasting freedom, but being sucked back into whatever you were trying to escape. think of it like feeling sick, puking, feeling better for a while, then feeling sick again.

    Cyrus_and_Jeffon July 23, 2006   Link

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