Numbers Lyrics
He is talking about the brutality and constricting feeling of prision. And there are 7 numbers on a prision from.
maybe he feels restricted by numbers via age..
I get the feeling that he is refering to numbers as uniformity. Having a number isn't anything really speical. But if instead of a number you had a name then you could be different from everyone else.
the hives did a good cover of this
Social Scüm did a better cover than The Hives in my opinion, Social Scüm made a great live cover of this song. Altho' The Hives did a good job (I'm not a Hives fan), but nothing beats the original
My take on this song is maybe he is talking about being signed to a company the line "signing on the dot got my name on a form" or maybe he is talking about getting IDs or any kind of Documentation that gives you a number.You have your name but a number to go along with it. Maybe he is saying he just wants to be free nothing to bind him like in the modern day. he dosnt want documentation or a number like a prisoner he just wants to be free. Tell me your take on it. it could just be as simple as he dosnt want to be a prisoner, but i feel like theres more to it.