Two States

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wait, what?

Something to do with the Civil War, maybe?

I still put some amount of faith in that spoken introduction. I'm pretty sure California has roughly 40 million residents. And you hear a lot of people talk about Northern Cali and Southern Cali.

i am honored to be the first comment on a pavement song... that being said i have no idea what it means

A spoken intro on a bootleg seems to suggest the song is about splitting California into two states. Of course, it being Pavement, one should take this with a grain of salt.

I'm fairly certain that this is about California since Pavement was kinda formed in Northern California even though the various members hail from all over.

Possibly about a California split... likely just stream-of-conscious, non-sensical Fall fanaticism.

"Two States" resembles The Fall's "Slates" (to a certain extent). And the line "There's no culture," reflects a line from The Fall's "The Classical": "There is no culture is my brag."

California, baby, and the rivalry between the Nor-Cal and the Lo-Cal.

My first impression was that the song was about splitting California into two states. Seeing as the band is from California and that it is a very large state. In visiting there I also got the impression that there was a regional pride in whether you were from North or South Cali. I actually went to this site to see if anyone else had a similar opinion.

not being from the states, i thought this song had a more general meaning, about dividing the world up into two states, ie the cold war US/USSR states cos of the whole spys and daggers thing, but the california thing makes sense... maybe its kinda comparing them in that playful way that is pavements style