The way I understand it is that it's about an ex-con trying to straighten his life out and finds inspiration in music, at the end of the song he's saying that you don't have to wait til you f up your life to try and find inspiration (whether it's music, art, a muse, etc.).
Here's my run down of the lyrics:
Relations (he meets bad influences)
Creation (they create a volitile situation for themselves)
Incarceration (he ends up in prison)
Equation (prison equates to humiliation)
Humiliation
Reincarnation (he is reborn a good citizen)
Situation (his relations and creations provide good outcomes)
Elation (he is elated to be out of prison and on the right track)
Identification (he is identified by police as and ex-con and is harrassed)
Retaliation (he seeks retaliation against police harrassment)
Inspiration (he seeks inspiration do deal with hardships but finds a substitution)
Substitution
Non-Inclusion (his make shift inspiration is a drug habit that seperates him from his friends & family)
Drug Infusion
Mass Confusion (his world is upside down from drugs)
Delusion
Solution (the solution and conclusion is inspiration...Let the drummer kick, music, art, literature, etc)
Conclusion
Inspiration
The way I understand it is that it's about an ex-con trying to straighten his life out and finds inspiration in music, at the end of the song he's saying that you don't have to wait til you f up your life to try and find inspiration (whether it's music, art, a muse, etc.).
Here's my run down of the lyrics:
Relations (he meets bad influences) Creation (they create a volitile situation for themselves) Incarceration (he ends up in prison) Equation (prison equates to humiliation) Humiliation Reincarnation (he is reborn a good citizen) Situation (his relations and creations provide good outcomes) Elation (he is elated to be out of prison and on the right track) Identification (he is identified by police as and ex-con and is harrassed) Retaliation (he seeks retaliation against police harrassment) Inspiration (he seeks inspiration do deal with hardships but finds a substitution) Substitution Non-Inclusion (his make shift inspiration is a drug habit that seperates him from his friends & family) Drug Infusion Mass Confusion (his world is upside down from drugs) Delusion
Solution (the solution and conclusion is inspiration...Let the drummer kick, music, art, literature, etc) Conclusion Inspiration