It's about America (or maybe the West in general) and their global appetite for commodities, especially oil (lots of cars in traffic jams, going over my borders, coming into your country...we have a huge appetite for oil), which keeps on growing. We suck it up, it's cheap, and we want more more more. We invade countries and destroy cities (under the guise of moral causes) to get what we want, but we're really just being overindulgent, greedy, eating and drinking too much at the expense of everyone else.
@trippinbtm (Ten years later) I agree, it's the first thing it came to my mind when i actually stopped and listened to the lyrics. All other interpretations of it being about alcoholism and drugs, and butt sex (???) are totally misled...
@trippinbtm (Ten years later) I agree, it's the first thing it came to my mind when i actually stopped and listened to the lyrics. All other interpretations of it being about alcoholism and drugs, and butt sex (???) are totally misled...
It's about America (or maybe the West in general) and their global appetite for commodities, especially oil (lots of cars in traffic jams, going over my borders, coming into your country...we have a huge appetite for oil), which keeps on growing. We suck it up, it's cheap, and we want more more more. We invade countries and destroy cities (under the guise of moral causes) to get what we want, but we're really just being overindulgent, greedy, eating and drinking too much at the expense of everyone else.
@trippinbtm (Ten years later) I agree, it's the first thing it came to my mind when i actually stopped and listened to the lyrics. All other interpretations of it being about alcoholism and drugs, and butt sex (???) are totally misled...
@trippinbtm (Ten years later) I agree, it's the first thing it came to my mind when i actually stopped and listened to the lyrics. All other interpretations of it being about alcoholism and drugs, and butt sex (???) are totally misled...