From an article MTV did with JEW: Jim Adkins preferred not to go into detail about "Pain" -- other than to say “it's about low willpower and taking the easy way to become pacified, which may or may not solve anything in the long run" -- though he did say that there's usually never one specific instance that inspires a Jimmy Eat World song.
From an article MTV did with JEW: Jim Adkins preferred not to go into detail about "Pain" -- other than to say “it's about low willpower and taking the easy way to become pacified, which may or may not solve anything in the long run" -- though he did say that there's usually never one specific instance that inspires a Jimmy Eat World song.