This is how I interpret the line, "If somehow I was new and everything was unsaid, I'd go and buy a hammer, never sing again"
I believe this is quite literal, and kind of scary. I think Jesse is saying that if he could restart, he would have never made a band, and been a part of Brand New. As for the hammer, he sings in the Daisy Sessions version about sailing a boat out, shooting it full of holes, folding up his prayer book, and drowning in a kelp bed. I think he is saying he would buy the hammer so he could build the boat, and row it out and basically kill himself. Overall, I kind of think he's saying the only reason he has to live is to continue making music with Brand New, and if he wasn't in Brand New, he would have killed himself by now.
I'm probably wayyyy off, but then again, it's just an interpretation, let me know what you guys think of it.
This is how I interpret the line, "If somehow I was new and everything was unsaid, I'd go and buy a hammer, never sing again"
I believe this is quite literal, and kind of scary. I think Jesse is saying that if he could restart, he would have never made a band, and been a part of Brand New. As for the hammer, he sings in the Daisy Sessions version about sailing a boat out, shooting it full of holes, folding up his prayer book, and drowning in a kelp bed. I think he is saying he would buy the hammer so he could build the boat, and row it out and basically kill himself. Overall, I kind of think he's saying the only reason he has to live is to continue making music with Brand New, and if he wasn't in Brand New, he would have killed himself by now.
I'm probably wayyyy off, but then again, it's just an interpretation, let me know what you guys think of it.