When I first listened to this, the line 'drink liquid clocks, 'til I see god' was stuck in my mind for weeks. I don't really like all the "this song is about..." posts, any Bright Eyes Song is about whatever you want it to be, whatever you can make it fit to, that's the essence of poetry, a unique feeling made universally accessible.
So, what I (!) made of this line was: drink the time away, until your dead and it's too late. And that's not even limited to alcoholics, that goes for anyone hurrying through the week towards any next friday, that's working 5 days, for having 2 days off, if you're not enjoying the way your life goes (and therefore want it to go faster/drink liquid cloks), make a change, it WILL be too late, someday. That's what I made of it, what I made to help ME, and there's no being wrong.
When I first listened to this, the line 'drink liquid clocks, 'til I see god' was stuck in my mind for weeks. I don't really like all the "this song is about..." posts, any Bright Eyes Song is about whatever you want it to be, whatever you can make it fit to, that's the essence of poetry, a unique feeling made universally accessible. So, what I (!) made of this line was: drink the time away, until your dead and it's too late. And that's not even limited to alcoholics, that goes for anyone hurrying through the week towards any next friday, that's working 5 days, for having 2 days off, if you're not enjoying the way your life goes (and therefore want it to go faster/drink liquid cloks), make a change, it WILL be too late, someday. That's what I made of it, what I made to help ME, and there's no being wrong.