Ok well since nobody has responded in over a month and I've had some time to think about it I will give my interpretation.
Laminate Man is basically about a man living a lie.
laminate is basically a thin plastic cover designed to look like something other than plastic
Someone who sold out and now only really cares about superficial things money, cars, drugs, etc.
"with your resume around your neck
loans are going unpaid"
"toys in the driveway
ashes in the ashtray"
He has alienated possibly even betrayed his friends and loved ones to get the superficial things he now cares about
"dinner dates are delayed
phones calls are never returned"
"you want to jerk me around
with your resume around your neck"
And finally he is going to get what is coming to him whether it is being friendless and alone or going to prison (although I'm quite unsure I have interpreted the part about prison right mostly just a guess about what, "hand in hand on the witness stand" means)
"your lead is hard to follow
your story's hard to swallow
you've stopped being very much fun
i think its coming to you
such a strange occupation
you've got it coming to you"
Ok well since nobody has responded in over a month and I've had some time to think about it I will give my interpretation.
Laminate Man is basically about a man living a lie. laminate is basically a thin plastic cover designed to look like something other than plastic
Someone who sold out and now only really cares about superficial things money, cars, drugs, etc. "with your resume around your neck loans are going unpaid" "toys in the driveway ashes in the ashtray"
He has alienated possibly even betrayed his friends and loved ones to get the superficial things he now cares about "dinner dates are delayed phones calls are never returned" "you want to jerk me around with your resume around your neck"
And finally he is going to get what is coming to him whether it is being friendless and alone or going to prison (although I'm quite unsure I have interpreted the part about prison right mostly just a guess about what, "hand in hand on the witness stand" means) "your lead is hard to follow your story's hard to swallow you've stopped being very much fun i think its coming to you such a strange occupation you've got it coming to you"
Still feel like I'm missing something though.