Lyric discussion by RoboticMamboMe 

Cover art for Scumbag Blues lyrics by Them Crooked Vultures

This song makes me feel as though the devil is inside the music kinda thing. "You may think me altruistic, feel my dark hympnosis closing in" Kinda makes me think about people blindly listening to songs and relating to the artist and trusting what they tell us wether conciously or sub-conciously but when this effect has taken over the listener and controls them in a way and then "you wont make it out" of the spell?

The spider playing the fool is the music artist appearing a friendly cool person that naturally the fans idolise and respect and think they can relate to so they get lured into the web not knowing that this artist doesnt care about the fans at all and has a part in a dark agenda i.e. illuminati/the reptiles/ kings of the zoo etc that are common theme in this album.

Kind of gives me a vibe of the devil in disguise trying to take your soul with an eerie but still welcoming kind of vibe its pretty cool. But you dont know... how close... to ensnare... When the devil controls the world you will despair.

Uh Yeah...

Oh, and the "innocence has no resistance" line is like saying the innocent people i.e. regular listener who doesnt read into the lyrics so they are innocent/dumb and thus dont realise the "dark hypnosis" thats going on so they cant resist it.

Dancing in Daffodils makes me think of music and hypnosis/spells too.

@RoboticMamboMe I might go even further to say that this is about the music industry, which Josh has written about before. He absolutely loathes it, but is ensnared within it, knowing that in order to "keep food on the table" and support his family, he's forced into a deal with the devil within the demonic music industry, which is known for chewing up artists and spitting them out without blinking an eye.