This song reminds me of the lifestyle of someone who has lived to excess far too long, perhaps OD'ing a few too many times on coke and drinking themselves to blackout every night. Like he realizes his chance to live has passed, and he's lamenting what he's become and what could have been. The imagery is superb - the coked out whores with bloody noses, the decrepit Lincoln with one headlight (the engine is willing, but the sheet metal is weak - perhaps even a metaphor for himself), the idea of a cold, desolate, industrialized Americana, and a general sense of self-pity and longing.
This song reminds me of the lifestyle of someone who has lived to excess far too long, perhaps OD'ing a few too many times on coke and drinking themselves to blackout every night. Like he realizes his chance to live has passed, and he's lamenting what he's become and what could have been. The imagery is superb - the coked out whores with bloody noses, the decrepit Lincoln with one headlight (the engine is willing, but the sheet metal is weak - perhaps even a metaphor for himself), the idea of a cold, desolate, industrialized Americana, and a general sense of self-pity and longing.