The title is basically a reference to him getting personal... a gopher (underground type) spilling its guts.
The whole song is pretty much about about how he lost a lot of friends (in the wake of an amicable marooning) by failing as a person("nevermind the misanthrope vying for affection", whole 3rd verse). I don't think it's just repentance though... there's a touch of accusation to his tone, like how nobody is ever 100% wrong or right.
As far as the hooks, they seem like a comment on someone who pays lip service to a friend ("you are x, you are y, you are z") while offering them no real support whatsoever ("then I let 'em go") and being surprised when they crash and burn alone ("oh") .
I just don't know whether he's saying he's guilty of that, or whether the snakes/frogs/crabs represent him... F-in resonates either way; people can get pretty detached from the people closest to them.
The title is basically a reference to him getting personal... a gopher (underground type) spilling its guts.
The whole song is pretty much about about how he lost a lot of friends (in the wake of an amicable marooning) by failing as a person("nevermind the misanthrope vying for affection", whole 3rd verse). I don't think it's just repentance though... there's a touch of accusation to his tone, like how nobody is ever 100% wrong or right.
As far as the hooks, they seem like a comment on someone who pays lip service to a friend ("you are x, you are y, you are z") while offering them no real support whatsoever ("then I let 'em go") and being surprised when they crash and burn alone ("oh") .
I just don't know whether he's saying he's guilty of that, or whether the snakes/frogs/crabs represent him... F-in resonates either way; people can get pretty detached from the people closest to them.