I asked him at the Bright Eyes show in calgary if he would play it and he said yes..
That was the greatest live performance I have ever seen.
The song is almost... showcasing a bunch of times where the world is so fucked up.
Theres only one verse I can really wrap my head around:
"Briefing the murderer under a bulb
The lawyer asked the maggot don’t you want to get old?
Because you can go down dignified and pay for your sins
Or you can learn to lean on me and everybody wins
So tell me whose your uncle and how do you plead?
Don’t look down at your shoes kid, it’s time to look up to me"
The worst criminal in the world can walk free if he has a good lawyer, if he knows the right people. He can "go down dignified and pay for his sins" but.. he never does.
I asked him at the Bright Eyes show in calgary if he would play it and he said yes.. That was the greatest live performance I have ever seen.
The song is almost... showcasing a bunch of times where the world is so fucked up. Theres only one verse I can really wrap my head around:
"Briefing the murderer under a bulb The lawyer asked the maggot don’t you want to get old? Because you can go down dignified and pay for your sins Or you can learn to lean on me and everybody wins So tell me whose your uncle and how do you plead? Don’t look down at your shoes kid, it’s time to look up to me"
The worst criminal in the world can walk free if he has a good lawyer, if he knows the right people. He can "go down dignified and pay for his sins" but.. he never does.