This is what Sage had to say about it on the album's booklet "I could have stuck with you like a tick and sucked without notice. You could have ripped me off like an ex-girlfriend. But then there would be the others. They chant from the sidelines of survival with big sponge hands while they clap for themselves in slow motion. A few cut themselves in secret places and wish that the people who loved them knew them well enough not to. I'll be there for them, as usual, with a suitcase full of Band-Aids to sell. It's a time honored tradition in the way poets are unable to live off their words unless there is some side hustle involved. Those who believe otherwise aren't poets. Those who don't care either way are probably gettin hustled right now."
So yeah, as always, it's not easy to decode these lyrics, which brings challenge and personal insight to the table, and that's why I listen to Sage Francis.
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This is what Sage had to say about it on the album's booklet "I could have stuck with you like a tick and sucked without notice. You could have ripped me off like an ex-girlfriend. But then there would be the others. They chant from the sidelines of survival with big sponge hands while they clap for themselves in slow motion. A few cut themselves in secret places and wish that the people who loved them knew them well enough not to. I'll be there for them, as usual, with a suitcase full of Band-Aids to sell. It's a time honored tradition in the way poets are unable to live off their words unless there is some side hustle involved. Those who believe otherwise aren't poets. Those who don't care either way are probably gettin hustled right now."
So yeah, as always, it's not easy to decode these lyrics, which brings challenge and personal insight to the table, and that's why I listen to Sage Francis.