Janitor

This is my first song translation and I may be totally off. But this is what it means to me anyways,

I think that by Janitor the songwriter meant something to fix or to clean (as janitors do). Except the references to a janitor sleeping in a drum.. I think that by drum the songwriter is referring to some sort of drug or medication that cures sadness.

How I've come to figure that the person's sad is the beginning.

Been two weeks now < Been a length of time, not too long though Kitchen stinks now < Life isn't good anymore but used to be Finally got the guts to saunter in < Built up the courage to face the problem And don a pair of gloves < put the solution in motion

Bubbles bristles < Possible solutions to the problem Thorns and thistles < Aches and pains Liquid sticks to things < Old problems keep recurring That never should be seen by anyone < ^That no one really knows about

And it amazes me how easily things go away < Surprising how easily old ways of thinking fade A chemical for every need < A drug or human made product that can be used and there's one for every sort of problem And someone else's problem when I leave < Once people realize that these new things aren't fixing anything, someone else will have to think up a new solution

Is the janitor sleeping in a drum Janitor you'll become You'll become < The person who has to come up with the new solution

Sleeping in the drum is like the idea of a product called "Janitor in a Can (Drum)" but once you use it you become the janitor because you are the one cleaning

Am I the only one who thinks he killed the janitor? Say, about two weeks ago? Disturbing...