Baby Blue Sedan

To clarify, "all the eunuchs, they were standing in rows singing, 'please stud us out just as fast as you possibly can'"

Traditionally, if a young male could sing well before he hit puberty, he would be castrated so to preserve his voice. A "stud" is an animal, such as a bull, that is kept especially for mating. So to "stud out" is to put out a bull (or horse, etc.) for the intent of breeding. So in this song, Isaac is just adding humor by saying that the eunuchs are standing there singing, demanding that they be studded out. This is impossible, given that they are castrated.

It's incredibly clever.

I suppose the song could relate to a prom, as was mentioned - that would fit, but Isaac doesn't seem the type to write about high school days. But the "white suit" would obviously be the formal attire for the dance and the "baby blue sedan" referring to a more or less shoddy means of transportation to the dance, hence, "and I am doing the best that I can." Then it leads into the end of this dance, "sad song, last dance, and no one knew who the band was" - pretty self-explanatory. Someone he knew, Henry, was probably a terrible dancer, and stood stiff and didn't really move much, like a wooden Indian.

It all fits, but seems unusual that he would write about something like that.

DrinkTea, you cried EVERY night of the summer? thats fucked up.

This song very well could be about a prom or school formal. I think he the eunuchs asking to be studded out fits in with highschool boys very well. Look at some of the trouble alot of kids go through to endure prom...tux rentals, borrowing the parents car, trying to get a buzz before, during, and after....it is a ritual that we didnt choose...that is struggled for when noone really cares that much about it. This song uses that hypocrisy in tradition to show how society makes life more complicated and ceremonial than was ever needed.

And its hard to be a human being, and its harder as anything else...

interesting thing about this song is it's Bukowski reference,before the song Bukowski was released on GNFPWLBN Isaac laced a ton of other song with references to bukowski and his poetry. The line "And Henry, You dance like awooden indian" Charles Bukowski's real name was henry and he wrote poem about a wooden a indian..... If you listen to alot of modest mouse and read bukowski you will see all the little things that have inspired Isaac

A prom. He dresses up in white: This represents his innocence maybe still a virgin. The car in baby blue: Again a color you would give a child representing his youth, innocence. He doing the best he can: Trying the best to enjoy the prom, getting dressed up maybe even borrowing or renting a car. eunuchs: Another reference to young males. Not old enough to have kids, or maybe the way adults try to repress young sexual desires , as in feeling castrated. Singing stud us out: I remember being a horny little devil at that age so that self explaintory.

sad song, last dance , the band: The end of the prom a band played that no one heard of. Henry you danced like an indian: Telling his friend that he danced funny.

Except this one mattered...: his indifference to all parties thru high school, but the prom is a big deal to many.

Had spirit: He actually had a little fun.

Shot the story.. didnt hear it that way: Rumors, it also represent that he is different than the majority of the other kids. He had his own interpretation of what others were saying.

Hard to be a humen being: Hard being a teenager, growing up is tuff at that age.

Hard as anything else: Everything was tuff to him. Girl problems, peer pressure, family problems, deciding what to do after high school and being different than the majority.

And im lonesome when your around: Had a girlfriend that really didn't pay attention to him. She must of had been selfish as hell.

Never lonesome when im by myself: Felt more comfortable being alone. again another reference of him being different.

I miss you when your around: His girlfriend changed. When shes not around he remembers the good times when she was they way she used to be. When shes around he misses they way she use to be more.

"A nice heart and a white suit and a baby blue sedan And I am doing the best that I can" I think it symbolizes the empty promises of the American Dream. You know, breadwinner father who brings home the paycheck. Has an ideal family, a lot of material goods. It's common for men in today's world to feel a bit disempowered with the family rapidly changing. Woman now working and the wage gap slowly closing. Men in America are losing the masculine image they used to have. Hence doing the best that he can signifies a desperate struggle. Most men nowadays express masculinity superficially through status, resources, and especially material. Masculinity represents any sense of worth in western culture.

"All the eunuchs, they were standing in rows Singing, "Please stud us out just as fast as you possibly can" " Eunuchs are men who can't reproduce. In today's society we'd probably see them as woman-like or men without their manhood anymore. Demasculated. The fact that there's multiple eunuchs shows that it's not a single phenomenon. They're unmasculine men looking to look appealing to women. Studding out I think is more of an exaggeration for how desperate they are to seem like men again.

"Sad song, last dance and no one knows who the band was And Henry, you danced like a wooden Indian" Someone mentioned Bukowski writing about a wooden Indian so I don't get this reference since I couldn't find it.

"Except this one mattered and I felt it had a spirit And I shot the story because I didn't hear it that way" Suddenly he feels something that matters but the way he's been stuck in his thinking keeps him from accepting it. Since I think it's about masculinity in a lot of ways, guys tend to be divorced from their emotions in American culture. Not that they don't feel, we all do. But it's considered wimpy or gay to openly admit feelings and somethings even being in love and opening up is hard. For a guy who ends up finding something like that it seems normal to dismiss it and avoid having to leave yourself emotionally open. So masculinity keeps you from getting too close for comfort and you're emotionally unavailable or try to be.

"And it's hard to be a human being And it's harder as anything else And I'm lonesome when you're around And I'm never lonesome when I'm by myself And I miss you when you're around" This is pretty straight forward. There's a lot of ambivalence. Contradicting feelings. Guys like to be by themselves and stick to themselves. But when around someone they love they might still hold onto that independent almost isolationist way of being. Deep down though they long for something deeper but can't bring themselves to admit that.

The title itself is a car, which is often a symbol of true manhood. But it's baby blue which is a girls color. This also fits the entire overarching theme.

I like the comment on how it's just a simple dance and the awkwardness of it all, but I connected to this song in a different way. In the past few years of my life I've realized how hard it is to understand people. I had a girlfriend that when she was away, I would miss her. I had an idealized image of who she was. But when she was around, she was someone else. I felt lonesome when she was around.

It's a bittersweet song about a fading fairy tale. Feeling like you loved someone but after getting to know them, watching the pedestal you placed them on shrink while the image you originally had of them fades. Seeing their true colors but wishing it weren't true.... Having so much faith in who you THINK someone is, not wanting to face the reality of how they're human just like everyone else. If there are no damsels in distress, no princesses, no happy endings then just shoot me. It's hard enough to be a human being. Waiting for someone to bring light into a dark world is dangerous. A hopelessly hopeful beautiful song.

ThursdaysWaiting you're a jerkoff man, j/k love you brethren

complementing all the nifty couples then looking ant your own when together, you constantly feel judged dirty, and like a piece of sh*t but alone, you know your not. so your okay when you by yourself, you can re-insure yourself, cause theres no one there. but with you, im selfconsous, and i'll never be at ease.