Ten Second News Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mgizmo2005 

Cover art for Ten Second News lyrics by Son Volt

But what is a ten second buzz? and why is it slower than news? WTF???

The line I like the most is the first part:

When you find what matters is what you feel, It arrives, and it disappears.

I interpret that as some sort of epiphany that a person experiences that seems very important but as time goes on, the meaning dissipates. I have no idea what relates that idea to the rest of the song, but maybe Jay Farrar was setting an emotional backdrop for the rest of the story. His songs I think are meant to be impressionistic.