Helixx is correct in his analysis. This is song is about your drug dealer, just like Italian Leather Sofa is about a coke dealer. Lemme break it down for you.
"Accepting callers for pendant key chains"
-There are key chains meant for holding small objects, such as pills or other drugs.
"To resist it is useless"
-referring to drug addiction and trying not to call your dealer
"You can meet at his location, but you better come with cash"
-Duh
"Now his hat is on backwards...."DUDE!""
-Ok, I don't know how many corporate exec's in the music industry that have tattoos, wear their hats backwards and call people dude, but I do know more than a few kids who do and/or sell drugs that are musically inclined, have tattoos, wear their hats backwards and call folks "dude".
"Now today is tomorrow...weaving in and out"
-When you're high on whatever your vice happens to be, time stops being significant and it becomes very hard to keep track of. Days melt into weeks, weeks melt into months, etc.
"Fluffy white lines"
-Huh, I wonder what that could be reffering to
"He is handling the money..."DUDE!""
-another "duh" line, particularly with the "serving the food" line.
"You can dress up like a sultan..."
-people on drugs sometimes dress in a ridiculous fashion, as it's amusing to folks that're high (hard to explain if you haven't had the experience)
While I can see why someone would take several things as drug referances.. cake is not known for doing the same thing over and over. To me this song definitely speaks more to people becoming identical. Not just people, but the music industry, government, and so on. Think socialism. You make people dependent on you. Just like drugs, if you think about it. It is a drug reference, but it is really about society and the government. For example:
While I can see why someone would take several things as drug referances.. cake is not known for doing the same thing over and over. To me this song definitely speaks more to people becoming identical. Not just people, but the music industry, government, and so on. Think socialism. You make people dependent on you. Just like drugs, if you think about it. It is a drug reference, but it is really about society and the government. For example:
"Accepting callers for pendant key chains" This can just be a point on how over commercialized things are. Notice the accepting...
"Accepting callers for pendant key chains" This can just be a point on how over commercialized things are. Notice the accepting callers. It's likely a reference to the dj that pops up later.
"To resist it is useless" If you get your money from the government or as part of a commune you can't survive without submission. Dual addiction type reference. (To drugs and the idea of the current state of society at the time) Also, just an idea of powerlessness. What can the average citizen do about government? Vote in another corrupt guy instead?
"You can meet at his location, but you better come with cash" Just a capitalism reference. We don't value people for who they are. We value them for what they have to offer. Everything in the US is about service provided. Also can be taken as an outright you can live here, but you have to pay the toll since it comes after the comfort eagle part. You can live here without worries, but you gotta pay. Big government reference?
"Now his hat is on backwards...."DUDE!" First of all, they can just be talking about a poser if you're going literal. A manager of your money, pretending to be one of you. Perhaps like all those politicians meeting in the midwest and acting like they are one of them? :o
"Now today is tomorrow...weaving in and out" When your life is run for you... wouldn't every day be the exact same? Take away rights in exchange for safety/security.. soon you simply become a drone.
"Fluffy white lines" Pollution. What is left behind by our massive, albeit now dying, industry.
"He is handling the money..."DUDE!" Think Stimulus Package. Not specifically what they were talking about back then obviously. However, the idea is fairly simple. Government uses high taxes, such as Clinton at that time, and overspends. (Then later Bush was worse.. and then Obama.. even worse) The basic idea that you lack power. You have so little power that they even handle your money for you. Could be a really strong socialism reference. The DJ could be an obvious reference for an anti-american speaker.
"He is handling the money
He is serving the food
He is now accepting callers
He is calling me "DUDE!"
So you have government handling your money, and supplying your food. Looking for supporters while posing as one of the people.
I mean there are just so many ways one can interpret this song which is why I love it. I can support it equally as an anti-christ reference.
Though I honestly believe it is a reference to the music industry at that time. If you didn't fit what was "hot" at the time.. you were simply overlooked. I mean they followed that europop phase of the mid 90s. When comfort Eagle was released in 2001, emo and rap were starting to take hold. They don't fit either category, and quite frankly they may not of liked the way the industry was going. Many of the references to someone managing everything could be a reference to the boy bands that were put together by the music industry. I mean Nsync was huge in the mid 90s to early 00s. So it could easily be a reference to that sort of thing as well. The song is hard to read. -shrugs-
Helixx is correct in his analysis. This is song is about your drug dealer, just like Italian Leather Sofa is about a coke dealer. Lemme break it down for you.
"Accepting callers for pendant key chains" -There are key chains meant for holding small objects, such as pills or other drugs.
"To resist it is useless" -referring to drug addiction and trying not to call your dealer
"You can meet at his location, but you better come with cash" -Duh
"Now his hat is on backwards...."DUDE!"" -Ok, I don't know how many corporate exec's in the music industry that have tattoos, wear their hats backwards and call people dude, but I do know more than a few kids who do and/or sell drugs that are musically inclined, have tattoos, wear their hats backwards and call folks "dude".
"Now today is tomorrow...weaving in and out" -When you're high on whatever your vice happens to be, time stops being significant and it becomes very hard to keep track of. Days melt into weeks, weeks melt into months, etc.
"Fluffy white lines" -Huh, I wonder what that could be reffering to
"He is handling the money..."DUDE!"" -another "duh" line, particularly with the "serving the food" line.
"You can dress up like a sultan..." -people on drugs sometimes dress in a ridiculous fashion, as it's amusing to folks that're high (hard to explain if you haven't had the experience)
Need I go on further?
While I can see why someone would take several things as drug referances.. cake is not known for doing the same thing over and over. To me this song definitely speaks more to people becoming identical. Not just people, but the music industry, government, and so on. Think socialism. You make people dependent on you. Just like drugs, if you think about it. It is a drug reference, but it is really about society and the government. For example:
While I can see why someone would take several things as drug referances.. cake is not known for doing the same thing over and over. To me this song definitely speaks more to people becoming identical. Not just people, but the music industry, government, and so on. Think socialism. You make people dependent on you. Just like drugs, if you think about it. It is a drug reference, but it is really about society and the government. For example:
"Accepting callers for pendant key chains" This can just be a point on how over commercialized things are. Notice the accepting...
"Accepting callers for pendant key chains" This can just be a point on how over commercialized things are. Notice the accepting callers. It's likely a reference to the dj that pops up later.
"To resist it is useless" If you get your money from the government or as part of a commune you can't survive without submission. Dual addiction type reference. (To drugs and the idea of the current state of society at the time) Also, just an idea of powerlessness. What can the average citizen do about government? Vote in another corrupt guy instead?
"You can meet at his location, but you better come with cash" Just a capitalism reference. We don't value people for who they are. We value them for what they have to offer. Everything in the US is about service provided. Also can be taken as an outright you can live here, but you have to pay the toll since it comes after the comfort eagle part. You can live here without worries, but you gotta pay. Big government reference?
"Now his hat is on backwards...."DUDE!" First of all, they can just be talking about a poser if you're going literal. A manager of your money, pretending to be one of you. Perhaps like all those politicians meeting in the midwest and acting like they are one of them? :o
"Now today is tomorrow...weaving in and out" When your life is run for you... wouldn't every day be the exact same? Take away rights in exchange for safety/security.. soon you simply become a drone.
"Fluffy white lines" Pollution. What is left behind by our massive, albeit now dying, industry.
"He is handling the money..."DUDE!" Think Stimulus Package. Not specifically what they were talking about back then obviously. However, the idea is fairly simple. Government uses high taxes, such as Clinton at that time, and overspends. (Then later Bush was worse.. and then Obama.. even worse) The basic idea that you lack power. You have so little power that they even handle your money for you. Could be a really strong socialism reference. The DJ could be an obvious reference for an anti-american speaker.
"He is handling the money He is serving the food He is now accepting callers He is calling me "DUDE!"
So you have government handling your money, and supplying your food. Looking for supporters while posing as one of the people.
I mean there are just so many ways one can interpret this song which is why I love it. I can support it equally as an anti-christ reference.
Though I honestly believe it is a reference to the music industry at that time. If you didn't fit what was "hot" at the time.. you were simply overlooked. I mean they followed that europop phase of the mid 90s. When comfort Eagle was released in 2001, emo and rap were starting to take hold. They don't fit either category, and quite frankly they may not of liked the way the industry was going. Many of the references to someone managing everything could be a reference to the boy bands that were put together by the music industry. I mean Nsync was huge in the mid 90s to early 00s. So it could easily be a reference to that sort of thing as well. The song is hard to read. -shrugs-