The gerbil in this song seems to be someone living a meaningless life whose inner demons catch up with him. "He checks out of here", and commits suicide, maybe a prelude to It's Over.
"The song "Gerbil" is essentially about the guy on the answering machine on "Spent". He's just a guy that slipped through the cracks of the system and blames everything on the system, and has kind of decided to live his life outside the system. I respect him, to a certain degree. I really think he's just a loose cannon that needs to be seen by people. I think everyone should meet this guy one time. You'll realize how far people can go off the deep end."
The gerbil in this song seems to be someone living a meaningless life whose inner demons catch up with him. "He checks out of here", and commits suicide, maybe a prelude to It's Over.
"The song "Gerbil" is essentially about the guy on the answering machine on "Spent". He's just a guy that slipped through the cracks of the system and blames everything on the system, and has kind of decided to live his life outside the system. I respect him, to a certain degree. I really think he's just a loose cannon that needs to be seen by people. I think everyone should meet this guy one time. You'll realize how far people can go off the deep end."