To me it sounds like he's talking about dealing with the fame of being in a band. The first four lines are a just about how he's in the public eye by being in the band with everyone judging his music and his image. The "shakin hands/ shakin in their shoes" reminds me of record execs making deals and marketing Modest Mouse's music and being nervous that it will bring a profit. "Laugh hard... to the bank" and the last few lines are all about how he signed with a major label to make money and he's basically mocking other peoples reactions to it. "Its been a long time since you've been around" refers to all the "friends" you have come out of the woodwork once you make it big and the part about not being a fool for people he doesn't know is saying that he's not going to be a fool and turn down the money from a major label because he's afraid of some small minded "indie" kid that he doesn't know calling him a sell out on some message board.
I'm not quite sure about the "half of everyone else" and "showering/ world stinking" part.
The showering/stinking part may just be self-fufilling prophecy saying that if those people calling them sell-outs keep thinking they are sell-outs then they may in fact become sell-outs. Well I guess that may be part of it. Idk
The showering/stinking part may just be self-fufilling prophecy saying that if those people calling them sell-outs keep thinking they are sell-outs then they may in fact become sell-outs. Well I guess that may be part of it. Idk
To me it sounds like he's talking about dealing with the fame of being in a band. The first four lines are a just about how he's in the public eye by being in the band with everyone judging his music and his image. The "shakin hands/ shakin in their shoes" reminds me of record execs making deals and marketing Modest Mouse's music and being nervous that it will bring a profit. "Laugh hard... to the bank" and the last few lines are all about how he signed with a major label to make money and he's basically mocking other peoples reactions to it. "Its been a long time since you've been around" refers to all the "friends" you have come out of the woodwork once you make it big and the part about not being a fool for people he doesn't know is saying that he's not going to be a fool and turn down the money from a major label because he's afraid of some small minded "indie" kid that he doesn't know calling him a sell out on some message board.
I'm not quite sure about the "half of everyone else" and "showering/ world stinking" part.
The showering/stinking part may just be self-fufilling prophecy saying that if those people calling them sell-outs keep thinking they are sell-outs then they may in fact become sell-outs. Well I guess that may be part of it. Idk
The showering/stinking part may just be self-fufilling prophecy saying that if those people calling them sell-outs keep thinking they are sell-outs then they may in fact become sell-outs. Well I guess that may be part of it. Idk