referencemark posted a lot of things I agree with.
"I did not invent the wheel; I was the crooked spoke adjacent." – Feeling like an outsider and that you are incompatible with reality on the terms that its been handed to you.
"Now it's an honor and I spell it with the 'H' I stole from heritage." – Probably a dig at colonialism. A line or two before this, he talks about the "American nightmare." He's talking about how the barbaric process of colonizing what we currently call the United States is dressed up as some prideful freedom that we are all entitled to just by virtue of being born on this soil. It's arrogant to think we ought to be allowed to own things like land and water.
"All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day,
put the pieces back together my way" – Similar to the meaning of the crooked spoke line. Aesop says that all he's ever wanted to do is to reconstruct reality on his own terms since he can't accept the world he's presently surrounded by.
"Who split HOLIDAY freaks ON A BOX CUT CINEMA, high road bellow
Heads ripped! Watch red bricks turn yellow
Sort of similar to most backbones at camp Icarus" – "Holiday freaks" refers to prostitutes. Think about the "Holiday Inn" and the "freaks" that keep finding themselves in them. This is another dig at the idea of the American dream. The "box cut cinema, high road bellow" is actually talking about a prostitute's aspiration to become a successful pornographic actor.
"Red bricks turn yellow" is a Wizard of Oz reference. This goes back to the idea that by having goals and such, we can achieve a better future for ourselves. The bit about Icarus is referring to the mythological character who flew a little too close to the sun and it ended up melting his wax wings and caused him to plummet into a body of water where he drowned and died. The myth itself is an illustration of hubris or pride, and Aesop likens it to the pride of those who believe in the American dream.
referencemark posted a lot of things I agree with.
"I did not invent the wheel; I was the crooked spoke adjacent." – Feeling like an outsider and that you are incompatible with reality on the terms that its been handed to you.
"Now it's an honor and I spell it with the 'H' I stole from heritage." – Probably a dig at colonialism. A line or two before this, he talks about the "American nightmare." He's talking about how the barbaric process of colonizing what we currently call the United States is dressed up as some prideful freedom that we are all entitled to just by virtue of being born on this soil. It's arrogant to think we ought to be allowed to own things like land and water.
"All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day, put the pieces back together my way" – Similar to the meaning of the crooked spoke line. Aesop says that all he's ever wanted to do is to reconstruct reality on his own terms since he can't accept the world he's presently surrounded by.
"Who split HOLIDAY freaks ON A BOX CUT CINEMA, high road bellow Heads ripped! Watch red bricks turn yellow Sort of similar to most backbones at camp Icarus" – "Holiday freaks" refers to prostitutes. Think about the "Holiday Inn" and the "freaks" that keep finding themselves in them. This is another dig at the idea of the American dream. The "box cut cinema, high road bellow" is actually talking about a prostitute's aspiration to become a successful pornographic actor.
"Red bricks turn yellow" is a Wizard of Oz reference. This goes back to the idea that by having goals and such, we can achieve a better future for ourselves. The bit about Icarus is referring to the mythological character who flew a little too close to the sun and it ended up melting his wax wings and caused him to plummet into a body of water where he drowned and died. The myth itself is an illustration of hubris or pride, and Aesop likens it to the pride of those who believe in the American dream.