I think this song means a few things, really, but the general theme is about this person who has suddenly "woken up" in a very bad place for him, and he doesn't want to be there anymore. The lines "They don't know how old I am, they found armour in my belly. From the sixteenth century... Conquistador, I think." Seems to suggest that he's been "sleeping" for a very, very long time, and he himself isn't sure exactly how long it's been.
"Morning broke out the backside of a truck-stop
the end of a line a real, rainbow-likening, luck stop
where you could say I became chronologically fucked up."
I think what the narrator is doing right here is describing the last thing he remembers... where it all went wrong and he became "chronologically fucked up" and went to "sleep". He's describing in a sense, the when and where it happened, as he's trying to put the pieces together.
"Put ten bucks in just to get the tank topped up.
Then, I found a place it's dark and it's rotted.
It's a cool, sweet kinda-place
where the copters won't spot it
and I destroyed the map, I even thought I forgot it,
however, everyday I'm dumping the body.
It'd be better for us if you don't understand.
It'd be better for me if you don't understand"
I think right here is where the narrator is describing the events, as they happened and how he was in a sense "romanced" into this bad place for him, and how he made a not-so-clear headed decision to destroy any possible way back, because he thought this place was perfect for him. Whether this is a lifestyle choice or anything like that, I can't really say. The "dumping the body" line is basically the narrator going through the motions of everyday life, as he's trying to adjust and stay on course with this choice he made.
The ending, where he screams over and over again "LET ME OUT!" is him deciding that this was a wrong choice, that he's let himself "sleep" for far too long and that he was a bone head for making the choice to begin with. He wants to rectify it, he doesn't want this anymore and he's practically begging for someone to find him and let him out, so he can get back to life. Basically I think this song is a metaphor for an anti-social life, where bad experiences lead to bad choices and someone believing that it's "better if you don't understand", meaning that he's done something or he's experienced something that he's not terribly proud of, and maybe it's what let him fall into the haze/sleep that he's wasted so much time on.
I think this song means a few things, really, but the general theme is about this person who has suddenly "woken up" in a very bad place for him, and he doesn't want to be there anymore. The lines "They don't know how old I am, they found armour in my belly. From the sixteenth century... Conquistador, I think." Seems to suggest that he's been "sleeping" for a very, very long time, and he himself isn't sure exactly how long it's been.
"Morning broke out the backside of a truck-stop the end of a line a real, rainbow-likening, luck stop where you could say I became chronologically fucked up."
I think what the narrator is doing right here is describing the last thing he remembers... where it all went wrong and he became "chronologically fucked up" and went to "sleep". He's describing in a sense, the when and where it happened, as he's trying to put the pieces together.
"Put ten bucks in just to get the tank topped up. Then, I found a place it's dark and it's rotted. It's a cool, sweet kinda-place where the copters won't spot it and I destroyed the map, I even thought I forgot it, however, everyday I'm dumping the body. It'd be better for us if you don't understand. It'd be better for me if you don't understand"
I think right here is where the narrator is describing the events, as they happened and how he was in a sense "romanced" into this bad place for him, and how he made a not-so-clear headed decision to destroy any possible way back, because he thought this place was perfect for him. Whether this is a lifestyle choice or anything like that, I can't really say. The "dumping the body" line is basically the narrator going through the motions of everyday life, as he's trying to adjust and stay on course with this choice he made.
The ending, where he screams over and over again "LET ME OUT!" is him deciding that this was a wrong choice, that he's let himself "sleep" for far too long and that he was a bone head for making the choice to begin with. He wants to rectify it, he doesn't want this anymore and he's practically begging for someone to find him and let him out, so he can get back to life. Basically I think this song is a metaphor for an anti-social life, where bad experiences lead to bad choices and someone believing that it's "better if you don't understand", meaning that he's done something or he's experienced something that he's not terribly proud of, and maybe it's what let him fall into the haze/sleep that he's wasted so much time on.
good analysis!
good analysis!