Plenty Is Never Enough (Tenement Halls cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by vegasmazz 

Cover art for Plenty Is Never Enough (Tenement Halls cover) lyrics by Shins, The

I think this song is about addiction, specifically alchoholism- If your an alchoholic one is too many and after that first one plenty is never enough. Listen to the song again w/ that in mind and you'll see much suppoting this idea including the lines Till the day we'll three/ We'll spread this seed alluding to alchoholism's hereditary nature.