Well,I remember Alex saying that originally this album was going to be about tortures. This song sounds like it's about a guy who's in love but keeps torturing himself regardless of the internal pain he's feeling. It also sounds like he's beginning to lose his mind. This is evident when he says "I spun the Tucker telephone, I turned my eyes to bone, I kept dialing your number, but you were not at home". A Tucker telephone is a torture device used at the Tucker State Prison Farm, Arkansas, in the 1960s. When they were torturing inmates, they would use telephone euphemisms, such as "long distance call". He is basically torturing himself trying to figure out what to do.
Well,I remember Alex saying that originally this album was going to be about tortures. This song sounds like it's about a guy who's in love but keeps torturing himself regardless of the internal pain he's feeling. It also sounds like he's beginning to lose his mind. This is evident when he says "I spun the Tucker telephone, I turned my eyes to bone, I kept dialing your number, but you were not at home". A Tucker telephone is a torture device used at the Tucker State Prison Farm, Arkansas, in the 1960s. When they were torturing inmates, they would use telephone euphemisms, such as "long distance call". He is basically torturing himself trying to figure out what to do.