The irony is that this song is about people trying to work out the meanings in their lyrics. He's saying they write the songs for themselves, not for the public, he doesn't care if you know what they're talking about or not basically. There was an interview when Ian MacKaye said he never explains his lyrics, because they're always printed in the cd booklets, surely thats enough...fair point i suppose!
The irony is that this song is about people trying to work out the meanings in their lyrics. He's saying they write the songs for themselves, not for the public, he doesn't care if you know what they're talking about or not basically. There was an interview when Ian MacKaye said he never explains his lyrics, because they're always printed in the cd booklets, surely thats enough...fair point i suppose!