I'm weary about commenting because I don't know anything specific about California's history but I can assume it's similar to Washington's. In reference to emerge's post above I would guess that Jamie's referencing all the land that those Native American's don't live in; their people have been pushed off that land and into the mountain ranges in reservations.
This song seems like an ode to the ignorant American and their roots in genocide and murder. Now people still believe everything America has done and stands for is beautiful and if someone questions it they are labeled unpatriotic. This is obviously moronic.
That's just the type of person this song is directed towards.
"You look so ready to kill me with your boss's saw" is him saying he knows he's white and he feels the tension between Native Americans and Caucasians.
"This is where I live: dripping and marked from your paint" he will always be in this home that once belonged to someone else. It's been painted over; painted white as the people who took it.
I think the nuthatch and crossbill never bowing are metaphors for the noble Native American's never bowing or giving their respect to the people who took their land and murdered their people and set up their lives for failure in modern culture.
I'm weary about commenting because I don't know anything specific about California's history but I can assume it's similar to Washington's. In reference to emerge's post above I would guess that Jamie's referencing all the land that those Native American's don't live in; their people have been pushed off that land and into the mountain ranges in reservations.
This song seems like an ode to the ignorant American and their roots in genocide and murder. Now people still believe everything America has done and stands for is beautiful and if someone questions it they are labeled unpatriotic. This is obviously moronic.
That's just the type of person this song is directed towards.
"You look so ready to kill me with your boss's saw" is him saying he knows he's white and he feels the tension between Native Americans and Caucasians. "This is where I live: dripping and marked from your paint" he will always be in this home that once belonged to someone else. It's been painted over; painted white as the people who took it.
I think the nuthatch and crossbill never bowing are metaphors for the noble Native American's never bowing or giving their respect to the people who took their land and murdered their people and set up their lives for failure in modern culture.
A POX UPON THEIR HOUSE!