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Rags To Rags Lyrics
There's a spider crawling
On the bathroom mirror
Right on top of my right eye
And I can't stop staring back
How did I get this way?
Take a big look at a living lie
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed?
So rags to riches was a bust
Sometimes I dream about it
What it's like back home
The railroad tracks and the pussy willow
But I had to leave it
And I go back
Whenever my tired head hits the pillow
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to riches was a bust
Busted once again
But I'll show them one day
That I can buy and sell the world
And one day I'll come through
My American dream
But it won't mean a fuckin' thing
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed?
So rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
Rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
Rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
I love this song. The meaning I get is an american dream is just a dream.
This is about E when he left home to move to LA and become famous but didn't make it at first and started to miss home.
That works, but I also think it's mocking the "Rags to Riches" slogan. Basically, he leaves home to make a living for himself, believing he can make it but when he doesn't at first decides "rags to riches" is a load of bull. (and maybe, like you said, gets homesick.)
Though this is only what I think.
I think briefly this song is about exposing that contrary to the american dream you can't always make it from rags to riches.
agrees with MercuryCobain one of my favorite songs
E conveys the imagery and feeling in this song perfectly. One of their best songs.
there is a strange feeling of helplessness, but it is a great song. i also agree with MercuryCobain.
Anyone else feel this song might have inherent anticapitalistic vibes? \'I\'ll show them one day... that i can buy and sell the world\