I'm a little late to the show but here's my take, =)
I think it's written from the perspective of the front desk clerk at one of those seedy motels where sketchy folk grab a room by the hour ( "on by the hour sheets" ), for themselves and their escort.
He's hearing everything going on through the paper thin walls in the room adjacent to his front check in desk, all while working the night shift (two shifts in fact), noticing the sun coming up and how tired he is.
The tenants tip due to the nature of whats going on, but considering the shady individuals that show up, probably not much.
The escort changes her name every time, giving an alias. James happens to be the guy in this narration.
Also an amazing personification (or whatever the grammatical term is??) in saying considering the awkward situation he is in, he wishes he could be something that allowed him to hide and not be noticed. Fold himself away.
And finally, the last line of the chorus, ties it all together, is what he emphasizes this escort goes through every time after so many times. Faked pleasure, followed by the reality of apathy - whatever, etc. It's all the same.
This just makes sense to me given that it was a song writing exercise in coming up with the hardest phrase to craft a song around.
I'm a little late to the show but here's my take, =)
I think it's written from the perspective of the front desk clerk at one of those seedy motels where sketchy folk grab a room by the hour ( "on by the hour sheets" ), for themselves and their escort.
He's hearing everything going on through the paper thin walls in the room adjacent to his front check in desk, all while working the night shift (two shifts in fact), noticing the sun coming up and how tired he is.
The tenants tip due to the nature of whats going on, but considering the shady individuals that show up, probably not much.
The escort changes her name every time, giving an alias. James happens to be the guy in this narration.
Also an amazing personification (or whatever the grammatical term is??) in saying considering the awkward situation he is in, he wishes he could be something that allowed him to hide and not be noticed. Fold himself away.
And finally, the last line of the chorus, ties it all together, is what he emphasizes this escort goes through every time after so many times. Faked pleasure, followed by the reality of apathy - whatever, etc. It's all the same.
This just makes sense to me given that it was a song writing exercise in coming up with the hardest phrase to craft a song around.