Lyric discussion by skuyler 

Cover art for Tallahassee lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

Just as Blithium said, it starts at the end. His life is ruined, his life in shambles.
No deadline, no schedule, no way to trace it. Too much shit went on for too long and there's nothing left to do at all, and the person he came down for means nothing to him anymore. I imagine the inspiration for this album came from looking at the old white trash houses with the burned out alcoholics waiting around for life to end, and wondering what happened to in their lives to end up like this.