I think that the firefight and the warring imagery are a metaphor for something greater, more human, perhaps given how the shots originate from typewriter keys that it's a war of the written word between two or more individuals, and though each attempts to out-reason and out-argue the other, there is more to being an "us" than to being "others" to one another (thus the natural resources).
I always thought that this song described two artists living together, and the creative battles they are bound to have in doing so...
I always thought that this song described two artists living together, and the creative battles they are bound to have in doing so...
The first shots are fired from a sewing machine (a creative woman perhaps, up all night working on a dress?)
He replies with typewriter vollies (since he is a writer/musician...)
The first shots are fired from a sewing machine (a creative woman perhaps, up all night working on a dress?)
He replies with typewriter vollies (since he is a writer/musician...)
Stuttered burst because he doesn't write as much as she sews, but it takes just as long to create a song sometimes.
Stuttered burst because he doesn't write as much as she sews, but it takes just as long to create a song sometimes.
I think that the firefight and the warring imagery are a metaphor for something greater, more human, perhaps given how the shots originate from typewriter keys that it's a war of the written word between two or more individuals, and though each attempts to out-reason and out-argue the other, there is more to being an "us" than to being "others" to one another (thus the natural resources).
I always thought that this song described two artists living together, and the creative battles they are bound to have in doing so...
I always thought that this song described two artists living together, and the creative battles they are bound to have in doing so...
The first shots are fired from a sewing machine (a creative woman perhaps, up all night working on a dress?) He replies with typewriter vollies (since he is a writer/musician...)
The first shots are fired from a sewing machine (a creative woman perhaps, up all night working on a dress?) He replies with typewriter vollies (since he is a writer/musician...)
Stuttered burst because he doesn't write as much as she sews, but it takes just as long to create a song sometimes.
Stuttered burst because he doesn't write as much as she sews, but it takes just as long to create a song sometimes.