It's SM thinking about growing old, becoming middle-aged, and feeling ambivalent about slipping into a boring middle class existence. It's saying "we have all this potential, but we waste it all on the wedding invitations and preparing the roast." Thus, we are "underused"--we aren't doing anything important. Then there are the fears of the secure middle class, which grow out of their boredom with their own uneventful existences--"oh my god, there's a Crip in the house!"
I think a lot of SM's recent work touches on this sort of stuff. He's fascinated by the contradictions of being a fundamentally middle class guy with a rock-star career. Ray Davies from the Kinks blazed this trail originally (not to say that SM has nothing original to say about it--he's brilliant).
It's SM thinking about growing old, becoming middle-aged, and feeling ambivalent about slipping into a boring middle class existence. It's saying "we have all this potential, but we waste it all on the wedding invitations and preparing the roast." Thus, we are "underused"--we aren't doing anything important. Then there are the fears of the secure middle class, which grow out of their boredom with their own uneventful existences--"oh my god, there's a Crip in the house!"
I think a lot of SM's recent work touches on this sort of stuff. He's fascinated by the contradictions of being a fundamentally middle class guy with a rock-star career. Ray Davies from the Kinks blazed this trail originally (not to say that SM has nothing original to say about it--he's brilliant).
You Got It. But God Am what a great lead on a flawless album.
You Got It. But God Am what a great lead on a flawless album.