20 Dollar Nose Bleed Lyrics

Lyric discussion by part3 

Cover art for 20 Dollar Nose Bleed lyrics by Fall Out Boy

The Man Who Would Be King is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, I haven't read it and don't know if it's relevant to the song but he did also write the Jungle Book and the kid's named Mowgli, so perhaps?

@part3 i think he was referring to the 2nd Bush. 1st bush "rehearsed" war while he finished the 2nd one thinking it's a victory to bring home coffins