I think this song is about his father, apparently a powerful lobbyist for some pretty powerful & heinous interests (whom he outed when he announced the end of the Jews). He even mentioned that the Tanning Salon Owners of America count among his dad's clients.
"And I have no idea what drives you, mister
But I've killed you in my mind so many times before"
@killertomatoes I came here tonight to see if anyone else thought this! Glad i'm not the only one. Purple Mountains was such an honest record, I went back through his old records and now that i understood how much he struggled with darkness, despair, addiction, vanity/self-depreciation, i realized how literal and autobiographical he had been the whole time. And this one felt really clear- I think he is saying his dad's nihilism is emblematic of the entropy and decline that the world will inexorably head towards, a pretty pessimistic feeling.
@killertomatoes I came here tonight to see if anyone else thought this! Glad i'm not the only one. Purple Mountains was such an honest record, I went back through his old records and now that i understood how much he struggled with darkness, despair, addiction, vanity/self-depreciation, i realized how literal and autobiographical he had been the whole time. And this one felt really clear- I think he is saying his dad's nihilism is emblematic of the entropy and decline that the world will inexorably head towards, a pretty pessimistic feeling.
I think this song is about his father, apparently a powerful lobbyist for some pretty powerful & heinous interests (whom he outed when he announced the end of the Jews). He even mentioned that the Tanning Salon Owners of America count among his dad's clients.
"And I have no idea what drives you, mister But I've killed you in my mind so many times before"
http://stereogum.com/47621/silver_jew_calls_it_quits_exposes_dad/news/
@killertomatoes I came here tonight to see if anyone else thought this! Glad i'm not the only one. Purple Mountains was such an honest record, I went back through his old records and now that i understood how much he struggled with darkness, despair, addiction, vanity/self-depreciation, i realized how literal and autobiographical he had been the whole time. And this one felt really clear- I think he is saying his dad's nihilism is emblematic of the entropy and decline that the world will inexorably head towards, a pretty pessimistic feeling.
@killertomatoes I came here tonight to see if anyone else thought this! Glad i'm not the only one. Purple Mountains was such an honest record, I went back through his old records and now that i understood how much he struggled with darkness, despair, addiction, vanity/self-depreciation, i realized how literal and autobiographical he had been the whole time. And this one felt really clear- I think he is saying his dad's nihilism is emblematic of the entropy and decline that the world will inexorably head towards, a pretty pessimistic feeling.