This song has long intrigued me. The opening verse is in line with both Homme’s tongue and cheek sense of humor and lyrical motif regarding sex. “Waiting under things that rise in the morning,” is a perfect description of waking up with morning-wood (if you sleep on your back). “Holding back so long,” and “waiting” have connotations that this poor bastard who suffers of morning-wood has also been suffering through a sexual dry spell. Then the line, “take it off my hands, do me a favor” which obviously hints at getting laid, or serviced in some way sexually (lets hope he is getting laid—hand jobs are lame). The matter (i.e. dick) is no longer in his own hands and he is much obliged. Then comes the eloquent “fingerfucked” lyric; which serves to continue the theme.
Then the second verse happens. Homme goes all existential. Of course, there is a parallel between getting laid and “where it was I started from.” It is as though the sexual encounter has liberated the mind of the morning-wood man (a vice versa of a certain Seinfeld episode). He can now ponder the nature of the universe—in a manner that may not have been possible before.
The last line: “The more you’ve found, the less you’ve been around” has Platonic implications. Socratic wisdom comes from the cognizance of the individual’s own ignorance—knowing that you are unwise is what makes one wise. This is the implication of the last line of the song and it keeps with the second verse’s existential questions and validates a Platonic/Socratic philosophical view of the world.
This song has long intrigued me. The opening verse is in line with both Homme’s tongue and cheek sense of humor and lyrical motif regarding sex. “Waiting under things that rise in the morning,” is a perfect description of waking up with morning-wood (if you sleep on your back). “Holding back so long,” and “waiting” have connotations that this poor bastard who suffers of morning-wood has also been suffering through a sexual dry spell. Then the line, “take it off my hands, do me a favor” which obviously hints at getting laid, or serviced in some way sexually (lets hope he is getting laid—hand jobs are lame). The matter (i.e. dick) is no longer in his own hands and he is much obliged. Then comes the eloquent “fingerfucked” lyric; which serves to continue the theme. Then the second verse happens. Homme goes all existential. Of course, there is a parallel between getting laid and “where it was I started from.” It is as though the sexual encounter has liberated the mind of the morning-wood man (a vice versa of a certain Seinfeld episode). He can now ponder the nature of the universe—in a manner that may not have been possible before. The last line: “The more you’ve found, the less you’ve been around” has Platonic implications. Socratic wisdom comes from the cognizance of the individual’s own ignorance—knowing that you are unwise is what makes one wise. This is the implication of the last line of the song and it keeps with the second verse’s existential questions and validates a Platonic/Socratic philosophical view of the world.
This is exactly how I see it. Elegantly put. QOTSA is sex incarnate.
This is exactly how I see it. Elegantly put. QOTSA is sex incarnate.