I personally saw this song to mean of the futility of drinking. That the truth is drinking, "It's been overblown," meaning its not really worth it. "Thought my highs were giant size" meaning that it wasn't really as fun as he thought. "Don't believe a word, not a word, one word" seems to speak of not giving into peer pressure to drink. The lyrics, "Or passed out in a storm " lead me to more so believe this is about drinking and the physical pain you have afterwards, which Dicky seems to state is not worth the minute high you get.
I'm not really sure though. I remember hearing somewhere that the Bosstones were against drinking, but that seems to go against Dicky's comments on their live CD when he states he was drunk while wearing something.
@Blackjack946 no disrespect, but i'm not sure where you heard or got the idea that the bosstones were against drinking. They have many, many a song about drinking.
@Blackjack946 no disrespect, but i'm not sure where you heard or got the idea that the bosstones were against drinking. They have many, many a song about drinking.
I personally saw this song to mean of the futility of drinking. That the truth is drinking, "It's been overblown," meaning its not really worth it. "Thought my highs were giant size" meaning that it wasn't really as fun as he thought. "Don't believe a word, not a word, one word" seems to speak of not giving into peer pressure to drink. The lyrics, "Or passed out in a storm " lead me to more so believe this is about drinking and the physical pain you have afterwards, which Dicky seems to state is not worth the minute high you get.
I'm not really sure though. I remember hearing somewhere that the Bosstones were against drinking, but that seems to go against Dicky's comments on their live CD when he states he was drunk while wearing something.
@Blackjack946 no disrespect, but i'm not sure where you heard or got the idea that the bosstones were against drinking. They have many, many a song about drinking.
@Blackjack946 no disrespect, but i'm not sure where you heard or got the idea that the bosstones were against drinking. They have many, many a song about drinking.