Imo, this song is Darroh saying that they're just a band. Hear me out...
"Highway robbery" is touring, they're on the road taking in money at different stops off the "skeletons" who "thank their lucky stars" to come see the sarcastic "King", Darroh, and the "speecless" the band. "Spreading their love with a boxing glove" I think means that they play their music, but it's not as refined as lyrics are, its blunt and has no real meaning but still packs a punch. The fans or "skeletons" leading them right back to the "starting gate", Dallas where they first started playing shows, and where they start and finish almost all of their tours.
So now they've gotten bigger and signed onto a major label, and their music has changed a little bit, and things could have gone differently, but they don't regret anything they've done, yet, after all they're just a band, what would expect them to do but play tours and record albums and sign deals?
The conman is symbolistic of the band, and this song is them coming clean, turning honest, telling those that they're taking the money from that they're just a band.
Most of the song makes sense to me in this context, but there a few points that don't add up; obviously, it's a ftm song. But I chalk the chorus (which is the most significant, 'cause it's a big part of the song and it doesn't fit) up to the fact that it orginally came from Granny Niblo Says Otherwise, so it might not have the same meaning as the rest of the song, if it has any meaning at all, and it's in there because they based a new song (this one) around the unused chorus from an old one, while the rest of the old one became Granny Niblo; this is Says Otherwise, in a sense.
Imo, this song is Darroh saying that they're just a band. Hear me out...
"Highway robbery" is touring, they're on the road taking in money at different stops off the "skeletons" who "thank their lucky stars" to come see the sarcastic "King", Darroh, and the "speecless" the band. "Spreading their love with a boxing glove" I think means that they play their music, but it's not as refined as lyrics are, its blunt and has no real meaning but still packs a punch. The fans or "skeletons" leading them right back to the "starting gate", Dallas where they first started playing shows, and where they start and finish almost all of their tours.
So now they've gotten bigger and signed onto a major label, and their music has changed a little bit, and things could have gone differently, but they don't regret anything they've done, yet, after all they're just a band, what would expect them to do but play tours and record albums and sign deals?
The conman is symbolistic of the band, and this song is them coming clean, turning honest, telling those that they're taking the money from that they're just a band.
Most of the song makes sense to me in this context, but there a few points that don't add up; obviously, it's a ftm song. But I chalk the chorus (which is the most significant, 'cause it's a big part of the song and it doesn't fit) up to the fact that it orginally came from Granny Niblo Says Otherwise, so it might not have the same meaning as the rest of the song, if it has any meaning at all, and it's in there because they based a new song (this one) around the unused chorus from an old one, while the rest of the old one became Granny Niblo; this is Says Otherwise, in a sense.
Just my thoughts. Good song though.