42's got it. I love this song! I've sold myself for a fair share of wooden nickels and no just what this song is about. It's great. It's not necessarily about heaven or hell. i don't think the songwriter even believes in that. It's definately about trading your values, integrity, friendships, family, etc for money, fame, sex, power yadayada...and then living to regret it. Ultimately a wooden nickel is worthless as are those aforementioned things. For some reason the song also sounds like a father talking to a son or some other figure that once looked up to the song's main charecter.
42's got it. I love this song! I've sold myself for a fair share of wooden nickels and no just what this song is about. It's great. It's not necessarily about heaven or hell. i don't think the songwriter even believes in that. It's definately about trading your values, integrity, friendships, family, etc for money, fame, sex, power yadayada...and then living to regret it. Ultimately a wooden nickel is worthless as are those aforementioned things. For some reason the song also sounds like a father talking to a son or some other figure that once looked up to the song's main charecter.
Any way it reads, great song from a great band!