Its weird how many of these songs make sense to me now that I'm older. This song is about what every man goes through when they get married and have kids. You're on a ride that you can't get off of unless you stop the bus - that is, divorce and go your own way (which Ben has done a few times!) You want to be "lonely" again - without the burden of marriage. Marriage, at least some marriages, the husband feels like a factory, churning out "food on the table." He is simply a tool.
Men innately feel the need to wander, not be tied down ("did mother nature tell you boy you come and go as you please?") But Big Brother's got the keys - the machine of societal pressure binds us. And I've got Jackson Cannery - the factory that he has become.
And all men are in the same situation - whether they be millionaires or mill rates, they're all worth nothing but the factory they represent to their wives.
The 4 in the morning thing is him leaving his wife in the middle of the night.
Its weird how many of these songs make sense to me now that I'm older. This song is about what every man goes through when they get married and have kids. You're on a ride that you can't get off of unless you stop the bus - that is, divorce and go your own way (which Ben has done a few times!) You want to be "lonely" again - without the burden of marriage. Marriage, at least some marriages, the husband feels like a factory, churning out "food on the table." He is simply a tool.
Men innately feel the need to wander, not be tied down ("did mother nature tell you boy you come and go as you please?") But Big Brother's got the keys - the machine of societal pressure binds us. And I've got Jackson Cannery - the factory that he has become.
And all men are in the same situation - whether they be millionaires or mill rates, they're all worth nothing but the factory they represent to their wives.
The 4 in the morning thing is him leaving his wife in the middle of the night.
Anyway, that's my interpretation.