Lyric discussion by MugOfSolar 

Cover art for Number Nine lyrics by Aesop Rock

This is one of my favorites of Aesop. I just wish someone smarter than me could interpret the lyrics. They puzzle me even after 10+ listen-throughs.

I have a vague picture painted in my mind about someone in high authority corrupted by general selfishness and alcohol/pill abuse.

"Hard pill to swallow, and he knows pills trust him"

"No worries, it's snow flurries compared to what the sheriff wish: curfew the city that must not. Bust warn shots at a run-of-mill Waldo on a doctor hunt, he will make the most wonderful sarcophagus occupant."

Please, anyone who thinks they can do better, feel free to correct me.