Boss of Me

well, i doubt there's really much underlying messages in this, besides that the person is obviously either really stupid, or just deosn't pay any attention.

but if you want to get in depth, it may be saying that the world today is nothign but stupid people.

look at it though, they've been failing curved grades (below the horizon), they just watch the blank wall where the TV was, and they dont have the answer to "the question".

Rodan2000

TMBG, ROCK & RULE. This is the theme tune to the popular TV program 'Malcolm In The Middle' which is also pretty good!

Sounds like some sort of failed relationship (not necessarily a romantic one, just any kind). Or at least a dysfunctional one.

This is diffrent from all the other songs, all the instruments ^^

I think it means teenage rebellion.

This Song Kicks Ass

this is a great song, fully for the end of school or something I really like it.

The narrator quit his job, insulted his boss and now has no money for a tv. in the second part, he tries to take tests to et jobs but he always fails. But he likes not having a job. With a job, life is unfair.

It ties in with the show. The narrator represents the show's eponymous young hero, Malcolm Wilkerson, who is the middle child. I've only seen the show a couple of times, but my assumption is, the parents probably had to sell their TV or something or their TV broke, and with all those kids to raise, they may not have had money for a new one, and Our Hero is sent to the room where the TV used to be to "think" about a minor or imagined misdeed, and he's having the sulks about it

Flansburgh says this song is about his brother, who hates TMBG.