This song is clearly about Scott Plouff and Brett Nelson. When he listened to their second record, I think he is talking about Keep it like a secret. "I'm sure you can smell a spider, but did you know that thing was in your face." Clearly Doug here is talking about Brett Nelson's thick beard. Yes, Doug's beard is pretty thick in its own right, but I think Brett's was the thickest. I'm sure this created some jealousy on Doug's part, and hey may have rationalized his jealousy by secret hopes that Brett's beard was infested by insects.
"Form a cloud make all of your particles. Separate and get together. Rain on down show everybody." I really think that Doug always meant Built to Spill to be a band that was made up of himself and different people that could influence the record. The new record is amazing.
Also, I've seen Doug say that he doesn't care about lyrics and he just tries to write something that doesn't sound terrible. So I just made all of that stuff up, especially about Brett's beard.
This song is clearly about Scott Plouff and Brett Nelson. When he listened to their second record, I think he is talking about Keep it like a secret. "I'm sure you can smell a spider, but did you know that thing was in your face." Clearly Doug here is talking about Brett Nelson's thick beard. Yes, Doug's beard is pretty thick in its own right, but I think Brett's was the thickest. I'm sure this created some jealousy on Doug's part, and hey may have rationalized his jealousy by secret hopes that Brett's beard was infested by insects.
"Form a cloud make all of your particles. Separate and get together. Rain on down show everybody." I really think that Doug always meant Built to Spill to be a band that was made up of himself and different people that could influence the record. The new record is amazing. Also, I've seen Doug say that he doesn't care about lyrics and he just tries to write something that doesn't sound terrible. So I just made all of that stuff up, especially about Brett's beard.