The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
You look so ready to kill me
With your bosses saw
Mendocino, Klamath, Siskiyou, Shasta
A wasp will find its way into your
Pointless life
Its stinger will sting you away
This where I live
Dripping and marked from your paint
Jesus is wondering if even He can love you
Oh this is where I live
A pox upon your house
(a nuthatch will never bow)
(a crossbill will never bow)
Will you turn me to money?
Will I shat my poison egg in your mouth?
Signed with my conifer blood
This plastic coffin always in the shade of
Your sickening daughters and
Your idiotic hobbler wife
This is where I live
Community college is waiting for them
With your bosses saw
Mendocino, Klamath, Siskiyou, Shasta
A wasp will find its way into your
Pointless life
Its stinger will sting you away
This where I live
Dripping and marked from your paint
Jesus is wondering if even He can love you
Oh this is where I live
A pox upon your house
(a nuthatch will never bow)
(a crossbill will never bow)
Will you turn me to money?
Will I shat my poison egg in your mouth?
Signed with my conifer blood
This plastic coffin always in the shade of
Your sickening daughters and
Your idiotic hobbler wife
This is where I live
Community college is waiting for them
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I'm weary about commenting because I don't know anything specific about California's history but I can assume it's similar to Washington's. In reference to emerge's post above I would guess that Jamie's referencing all the land that those Native American's don't live in; their people have been pushed off that land and into the mountain ranges in reservations.
This song seems like an ode to the ignorant American and their roots in genocide and murder. Now people still believe everything America has done and stands for is beautiful and if someone questions it they are labeled unpatriotic. This is obviously moronic.
That's just the type of person this song is directed towards.
"You look so ready to kill me with your boss's saw" is him saying he knows he's white and he feels the tension between Native Americans and Caucasians. "This is where I live: dripping and marked from your paint" he will always be in this home that once belonged to someone else. It's been painted over; painted white as the people who took it.
I think the nuthatch and crossbill never bowing are metaphors for the noble Native American's never bowing or giving their respect to the people who took their land and murdered their people and set up their lives for failure in modern culture.
A POX UPON THEIR HOUSE!