Lyric discussion by DustyMurphy 

Cover art for Poison In The Ink lyrics by New Amsterdams, The

I think that it's obvious that this if about the critics, and the people that downtalk the greatness of Matt Pryor's work with The Get Up Kids and The New Amsterdams. He's saying that the words hurt, but he's not changing for anybody, because he writes songs for himself, and not the critics.