I think its the combination of all those things... but with a couple of others...
I also detect the sarcasm, but it seems as if even if he WERE so inclined to write an inspired original song... no one would appreciate it...
"no matter what I say, no matter what I write here I'm sick of always lookin at this page with a blank stare
you never seem to know, and they never seem to tell you
words don't always come as easily as you might want them to"
...and therefore, he might as well be as easily forgotten as typical and contrived lyrics and notions... as if he and his lyrics were scraps of paper, to be thrown into fire, but hey... he says it better...
"throw this paper into fire and take me with it
just take me with it
throw this paper into fire, into fire, yeah
throw this paper into fire, into this fire
throw this paper into fire and throw me with it
just throw me with it"
I think its the combination of all those things... but with a couple of others...
I also detect the sarcasm, but it seems as if even if he WERE so inclined to write an inspired original song... no one would appreciate it...
"no matter what I say, no matter what I write here I'm sick of always lookin at this page with a blank stare you never seem to know, and they never seem to tell you words don't always come as easily as you might want them to"
...and therefore, he might as well be as easily forgotten as typical and contrived lyrics and notions... as if he and his lyrics were scraps of paper, to be thrown into fire, but hey... he says it better...
"throw this paper into fire and take me with it just take me with it throw this paper into fire, into fire, yeah throw this paper into fire, into this fire throw this paper into fire and throw me with it just throw me with it"
-Terry