I like the way this song and Kick Push (I) complement eachother. While the the other one shows the 'good side' of the skaters' lives, this shows the bad. IT talks about how he doesn't have any money for food, his mom being a crackhead, his girlfriend using skating as a means to pay for her mother's pills and to have someone to share her pain with. The third talks about his friends' financial situations, and as a sort of remembrance for them.
Also, I've listened to this song hundreds of times, and JUST NOW realized what the last lines of verse one meant.
"What was on his mind and pushed him to the lid,
Their best customer wasn't cookin for a kid"
The line's actually '...wasn't cookin' for her kids,' talking about his mom, as a reference to both the earlier line " He knew they wasn't cookin' where he lived,' and the first line of the second verse "See, his mom was a crackhead..."
Probably blatantly obvious to everyone else, but it had to be said.
I like the way this song and Kick Push (I) complement eachother. While the the other one shows the 'good side' of the skaters' lives, this shows the bad. IT talks about how he doesn't have any money for food, his mom being a crackhead, his girlfriend using skating as a means to pay for her mother's pills and to have someone to share her pain with. The third talks about his friends' financial situations, and as a sort of remembrance for them.
Also, I've listened to this song hundreds of times, and JUST NOW realized what the last lines of verse one meant.
"What was on his mind and pushed him to the lid, Their best customer wasn't cookin for a kid"
The line's actually '...wasn't cookin' for her kids,' talking about his mom, as a reference to both the earlier line " He knew they wasn't cookin' where he lived,' and the first line of the second verse "See, his mom was a crackhead..."
Probably blatantly obvious to everyone else, but it had to be said.