"I'm runnin' water through my mind"
-He wants to cleanse his mind of all the bullshit around him
"Nothing but shops
and roads to go to roads in America
All's best forgot, and it's easy
when you try and remember everything you've come across"
-Driving through America, he looks around and sees a lot of meaningless things, nothing worth remembering
"Can't turn nothin' off
for the fear that you'll be alone with your own thoughts"
-This is referring to technology, how we've always got to have the TV on or something going on, because we don't want to be left to think about things.
"It was grey and there was no sunset
She said she liked it when you spoke in Spanish,
it reminds her of sex
It was grey and it felt flat
She said it leaves me feelin' flat
I said, 'Why don't you speak in Spanish?
Why the fuck don't you speak in Spanish, then?' "
-He's feeling irritable and bitter towards this girl, probably because he's trying to reflect and clear out his mind.
"I'm runnin' water through my mind" -He wants to cleanse his mind of all the bullshit around him
"Nothing but shops and roads to go to roads in America All's best forgot, and it's easy when you try and remember everything you've come across" -Driving through America, he looks around and sees a lot of meaningless things, nothing worth remembering
"Can't turn nothin' off for the fear that you'll be alone with your own thoughts" -This is referring to technology, how we've always got to have the TV on or something going on, because we don't want to be left to think about things.
"It was grey and there was no sunset She said she liked it when you spoke in Spanish, it reminds her of sex It was grey and it felt flat She said it leaves me feelin' flat I said, 'Why don't you speak in Spanish? Why the fuck don't you speak in Spanish, then?' " -He's feeling irritable and bitter towards this girl, probably because he's trying to reflect and clear out his mind.