You know how there are stages with coping with death? Well this song would be Anger/Wrath.
There is a malicious bite to the lyrics:
"Coming home like a letter bomb"
"Sic a dog on all you know
Cut it loose before you go"
I think Beck is trying to discover if there is a difference between a man and an animal. What makes a soul a soul of a man? Is it technology (hollow log), is it wealth (bank note) ? Can either of those purchase salvation? Is there an empty void awaiting us all?
This song also carries the album theme of temperature significance. Beck wants a hot death compared to a cold existence.
This hallway is nothing more than a hollow log.
Gris Gris are Voodoo charms for warding off evil.
You know how there are stages with coping with death? Well this song would be Anger/Wrath.
There is a malicious bite to the lyrics: "Coming home like a letter bomb" "Sic a dog on all you know Cut it loose before you go"
I think Beck is trying to discover if there is a difference between a man and an animal. What makes a soul a soul of a man? Is it technology (hollow log), is it wealth (bank note) ? Can either of those purchase salvation? Is there an empty void awaiting us all?
This song also carries the album theme of temperature significance. Beck wants a hot death compared to a cold existence.