The Burden

This is a live acoustic song of their new EP "Tessie". The lyrics were not printed in the cd or on their website, so I figured them out by ear. I think they are pretty accurate. I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but to me it sounds like it's about someone (Frankie) that has come from nothing and goes through a tough life. Even though Frankie goes through all these hardships and grows old, he still strives to be someone and doesn't give up hope. Pretty good song.

I think this means that Frank has come from nothing, and after almost coming out of it, he repeatedly almost loses it all, or as the song describes, comes close to death.

I figure this song is about some guy who got shit on for his whole life and took it all and never gave up despite all this. He was given the short end of the stick by all these smug assholes and he took it all because he knew he could outlast them and he would come out on top in the end. For some reason I get the idea that he was a musician of some kind because there is a lot of references to music in the song.

I figure this song is about some guy who got shit on for his whole life and took it all and never gave up despite all this. He was given the short end of the stick by all these smug assholes and he took it all because he knew he could outlast them and he would come out on top in the end. For some reason I get the idea that he was a musician of some kind because there is a lot of references to music in the song.

I think Frankie is Frank Sinatra. I could be wrong, though. The "couldn't hold a tune" part sort of puts a wrench in my theory..

It's reffering to James Lynch's first guitar which was a Frankenstein (hence, Frankie) that he still has and uses even though obviously it's totally beaten up, since he's had it forever, he always gets it fixed and stuff and won't throw it away. They're just talking about an old guitar that keeps on truckin.