The lyrics on this one, as well as a bunck of other songs on Mellow Gold (Snoozer, Soul Suckin Jerk, Truckdriving Neighbors Downstairs...), seem to reflect the issues of someone living on the lowest rung of society, just barely making enough to pay the rent on time.
I would guess this song was written when Beck was wondering if he would ever get signed by a major label, or get stuck doing crappy jobs just to get by for the rest of his life.
The song's narrator has been working as a dishwasher in a hotel for so long, he has almost no memory of anything before (hence the comment, "I was born in this hotel"). His crappy low wage job has left him unfufilled in every sense, so he does his best to not think about how his life is absolute...I'm gonna say "sewage."
This song really got me down when I first listened, especially the "I'll be lonesome when I'm gone." The narrator doesn't even see death as an escape.
The lyrics on this one, as well as a bunck of other songs on Mellow Gold (Snoozer, Soul Suckin Jerk, Truckdriving Neighbors Downstairs...), seem to reflect the issues of someone living on the lowest rung of society, just barely making enough to pay the rent on time.
I would guess this song was written when Beck was wondering if he would ever get signed by a major label, or get stuck doing crappy jobs just to get by for the rest of his life.
The song's narrator has been working as a dishwasher in a hotel for so long, he has almost no memory of anything before (hence the comment, "I was born in this hotel"). His crappy low wage job has left him unfufilled in every sense, so he does his best to not think about how his life is absolute...I'm gonna say "sewage."
This song really got me down when I first listened, especially the "I'll be lonesome when I'm gone." The narrator doesn't even see death as an escape.