wow, that song is addictive. as for the meaning, i guess it's about a sick man about to die ("IV keeping time beside my bed" /.../ "i long to be dead"). he's delirious half the time ("spaceman in my basement" /.../ "cartoon killer in my living room"), but still has stuff he's gotta say before he goes, i.e. the world is fucked = tv networks throw bigass charity balls for the third world, but how the hell do amputee girls get their limbs back? they probably don't give a flying fuck for the pity parties, so we should just stop trying to be the saviors and look good at the expense of their pride. they're carefree, legs or no legs, and we're not helping in any way at all, so let's stop trying to be heroes. aaaalllso, religion's a mighty fucked-up thing, if you got a jesus dartboard in your freaking room; as in, you're allegedly worshipping all things holy and sacred yet you don't think twice about nudity in front of the icon most representative of your supposed faith. what the hell is up with that? you really don't know jack, so please don't act to like you know it all ("you're bad at life but good in a vacuum"). and last and most obvious, the "traffic jams" are the restless thoughts running through his mind ceaselessly, driving him literally insane (which fits in the delirium theory)...
wow, that was long-winded. but eh, that's what i think.
wow, that song is addictive. as for the meaning, i guess it's about a sick man about to die ("IV keeping time beside my bed" /.../ "i long to be dead"). he's delirious half the time ("spaceman in my basement" /.../ "cartoon killer in my living room"), but still has stuff he's gotta say before he goes, i.e. the world is fucked = tv networks throw bigass charity balls for the third world, but how the hell do amputee girls get their limbs back? they probably don't give a flying fuck for the pity parties, so we should just stop trying to be the saviors and look good at the expense of their pride. they're carefree, legs or no legs, and we're not helping in any way at all, so let's stop trying to be heroes. aaaalllso, religion's a mighty fucked-up thing, if you got a jesus dartboard in your freaking room; as in, you're allegedly worshipping all things holy and sacred yet you don't think twice about nudity in front of the icon most representative of your supposed faith. what the hell is up with that? you really don't know jack, so please don't act to like you know it all ("you're bad at life but good in a vacuum"). and last and most obvious, the "traffic jams" are the restless thoughts running through his mind ceaselessly, driving him literally insane (which fits in the delirium theory)...
wow, that was long-winded. but eh, that's what i think.
I think the "space man in my basement" is a reference to a MTV Music Award.
I think the "space man in my basement" is a reference to a MTV Music Award.