I believe this is a reference to the last line from the first track of this album, The Michael Jordan of Drunk Driving:
"His laziness built the pyramids, and his solitude was a knife"
A knife is solitude. Being alone.
So the last verse can be interpreted as saying, "I'm too afraid to show who I am to anyone. I'm a coward. So, I choose to be alone. I am alone!" I don't think this is too far of a stretch of the imagination since the album discusses loneliness (example: No One).
I really like this interpretation, but the I've been thinking about this line a lot lately and I believe that the knife may be meant as something that causes harm. Maybe buying a knife was a means of protecting himself by causing harm to others, and by saying he is a knife, he is stressing that all he is capable of doing is hurting people.
I really like this interpretation, but the I've been thinking about this line a lot lately and I believe that the knife may be meant as something that causes harm. Maybe buying a knife was a means of protecting himself by causing harm to others, and by saying he is a knife, he is stressing that all he is capable of doing is hurting people.
This works with Micheal Jordan to say "were he not alone, he wouldn't have driven/ gotten in an accident"
This works with Micheal Jordan to say "were he not alone, he wouldn't have driven/ gotten in an accident"
But I really can't say what the writer wanted to convey for sure.
But I really can't say what the writer wanted to convey for sure.
"So I bought a knife I am a knife"
I believe this is a reference to the last line from the first track of this album, The Michael Jordan of Drunk Driving:
"His laziness built the pyramids, and his solitude was a knife"
A knife is solitude. Being alone.
So the last verse can be interpreted as saying, "I'm too afraid to show who I am to anyone. I'm a coward. So, I choose to be alone. I am alone!" I don't think this is too far of a stretch of the imagination since the album discusses loneliness (example: No One).
I really like this interpretation, but the I've been thinking about this line a lot lately and I believe that the knife may be meant as something that causes harm. Maybe buying a knife was a means of protecting himself by causing harm to others, and by saying he is a knife, he is stressing that all he is capable of doing is hurting people.
I really like this interpretation, but the I've been thinking about this line a lot lately and I believe that the knife may be meant as something that causes harm. Maybe buying a knife was a means of protecting himself by causing harm to others, and by saying he is a knife, he is stressing that all he is capable of doing is hurting people.
This works with Micheal Jordan to say "were he not alone, he wouldn't have driven/ gotten in an accident"
This works with Micheal Jordan to say "were he not alone, he wouldn't have driven/ gotten in an accident"
But I really can't say what the writer wanted to convey for sure.
But I really can't say what the writer wanted to convey for sure.
@oddsoup i love how you interpreted this
@oddsoup i love how you interpreted this