I think it's a guy who's drinking a lot and, at an aimless point in life, fixates on the idea that the grass is greener a few states south of where he's living.
I think the "symbol" he's talking about is the thing that's easy to spot on everyone and speaks to who they are or where they are in life. For him, at least at the time because of heavy drinking, it's the stamp that the bar he's in (the "concentration camp") has put on his hand to indicate that his ID has been checked and he's allowed re-entry, something all bars do, at least in the U.S.
Then again, the "symbol" may be the name Nancy which, as a somewhat antiquated term for a homosexual, which would fit in with his description of his alter ego Father John Misty (on TheVine's website) as a "homosexual... drifter."
I think it's a guy who's drinking a lot and, at an aimless point in life, fixates on the idea that the grass is greener a few states south of where he's living.
I think the "symbol" he's talking about is the thing that's easy to spot on everyone and speaks to who they are or where they are in life. For him, at least at the time because of heavy drinking, it's the stamp that the bar he's in (the "concentration camp") has put on his hand to indicate that his ID has been checked and he's allowed re-entry, something all bars do, at least in the U.S.
Then again, the "symbol" may be the name Nancy which, as a somewhat antiquated term for a homosexual, which would fit in with his description of his alter ego Father John Misty (on TheVine's website) as a "homosexual... drifter."