Guilty Cocker Spaniels

"a corny old song of their's like tralier trash" - Wow, ummm, just so you know, every comment you make here on in regarding MM songs has no validity to it whatsoever. Even if you aren't a fan of the song, to call Trailer Trash corny is downright blasphemous; it's one of the greatest songs of all time.

i think the song is about how hollywood and society in general eventually change you without you realizing.

"Well I took off running at the greatest speed I didn't bother looking to either side of me Well I didn't see, I just didn't see What was really going on

The truth had stopped and the skyline rose Exchanging comfort for more fashionable clothes I'd left the hills at this point in time To run on treadmills in a perfect line"

its like hes saying, "i was so excited that i just jumped right in without thinking about the concequences" (I took off running at the greatest speed I didn't bother looking to either side of me). and then the lines about "Exchanging comfort for more fashionable clothes" and "run on treadmills in a perfect line" make me think hes talking about conforming. and then the guilty cocker spaniel lines are about how people do anything for approval, even though it's only temporary and means they have to lower themselves.

"Guilty cocker spaniels eating table scraps Well we rolled over, how our masters clapped It felt so good we wanted more than that But when the program failed they defensively laughed"

altogether its a pretty good song.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, however it seems abundantly clear to me that this song is about a person experiencing an existentialist crisis - something which the vast majority of us are plagued with in today's consumer age.

"Well I took off running at the greatest speed I didn't bother looking to either side of me Oh, I did not see, I just did not see what was really going on"

The first bit is about the rat race. It's such an excellent metaphor for how people waste away the prime of their lives behind a desk in a desperate attempt to get ahead of the "game" (this is another aspect of the song which I will go into more detail later); tirelessly working away to make money to buy stuff we don't really need.

"The trees had stopped and the skyline rose Exchanging comfort for more fashionable clothes I left the hills at this point in time To run on treadmills in a perfect line."

How brilliantly written! How true! We HAVE left the things we find comfortable behind. And why? Because we are afraid. Look around you. Advertisement preys on our fears - you exercise because you are afraid you're too fat (barely anyone runs for the sake of enjoyment, too many people are far too concerned with "calorie counting" and whatnot); you buy nice clothes because you are afraid of looking sloppy; you buy an iPhone because you fear being the only one without one. and the list goes.

Then the song goes:

"Salad days add up to daily shit Sparking imagination till the sparks just quit And if this is fun why'm I so bored with it? Well I'll probably never know"

Again, the term "salad days" is a metaphor for the routines people adopt as a result of their fears. It could anything from a diet plan, to the job you do daily to pay off your debts for that condo you just bought. And this brain-numbing, mundane things we do, just adds up to the "daily shit" we are faced with. We have ceased to think for ourselves, and our existence is one which is driven by our dears. We do things because we think we need to do them, and not because we want to do them. Hence, "sparking imagination till the sparks just quit. And if this is fun why'm I so bored with it? Well I'll probably never know"

I could go on, but I'm too lazy to finish this analysis

I think this song says alot about conformity. We have all been trained to go to school, get a job and make a living. Follow the rules and be rewarded. Puppies are also broken in with rewards for obeying their master. First fall in line, then become complacent and lose your spark.

There also seems to be a heavy theme about how much excess we have in all our lives. Everybody feels like they deserve what they have, so nobody can or will blame anyone else. Resources are limited, but as long as we get by in our generation, who cares about the future ones?

I really love how Isaac's voice changes with the music throughout the song. In the beginning, its playful and apologetic, then it starts to become more serious as the song progresses until it peaks with violent thrashing of instruments and vocal insanity near the end. Simply Brilliant!

My stab at them from the studio version. Some are very hard to understand. Feel free to correct me.

The line is,

Didn't BUY a face, no just a mask So happy halloween

at the very end of the song (last 3 seconds or so) you can hear two people say "that one seemed good" and "yeah that was pretty good." you'll have to turn the volume way up to hear it though

isaac brock is in his prime... just throwing that out there.

This song is entirely about the American financial mess that recently occurred.

Sounds substance related to me, given Isaac's heavy abuse in the past and how he's trying to get past that now.