The best line of this song:
"Don't wanna be anyone who would wanna know me"
reminds me of a Groucho Marx quote I've always carried close:
"I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member"
As someone with my own issues, I've always sort of felt that anyone who'd be my friend, etc, probably just had low standards. It's really self-deprecating, but speaks volumes, especially in my perspective.
"Following a fifteen minute climb, Billy took a seven second leap, a cannonball plunge off the deep" and "...along with his molars, head planted beneath his shoulders" more gives me the idea that this guy jumped off a building or something, landed head first. I imagine that impact would probably knock out some teeth...
I'd put this song in there with others like "Happy Guy" from Punk in Drublic, where it's more about an archetype than it is about an actual person.
The best line of this song: "Don't wanna be anyone who would wanna know me" reminds me of a Groucho Marx quote I've always carried close: "I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member" As someone with my own issues, I've always sort of felt that anyone who'd be my friend, etc, probably just had low standards. It's really self-deprecating, but speaks volumes, especially in my perspective. "Following a fifteen minute climb, Billy took a seven second leap, a cannonball plunge off the deep" and "...along with his molars, head planted beneath his shoulders" more gives me the idea that this guy jumped off a building or something, landed head first. I imagine that impact would probably knock out some teeth... I'd put this song in there with others like "Happy Guy" from Punk in Drublic, where it's more about an archetype than it is about an actual person.