Germute
Livingston Burgundy
$5.99, two for ten
We're here in together
Anti-vitamin in the crudest form of nutrients
"You can't hold it against them," she said
She believes that all those who suffer from life is from an illness are in the right
The woman in the lobby stares me down, mocking and unconcerned
In California, news anchors all look like they were plucked from a threesome porno scene
You've got one slutty vixen type
One down from her is the short hot business woman
And in between them is an orange colored three piece suit
White-haired and fifty something
Witty with a dirty, tired smile
The man standing next door
Plays his radio just loud enough so you can tell there is something really close... on
When this whole thing started I was a name
Now there's a definition and a reason
The more I expect the harder things are
Jesus and the Sharp Electric Star



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    General Comment:And you're all pretty damn stupid if you really believe Anthony Green would write a song about nothing...
    Flag Aidenownon June 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:And you're all pretty damn stupid if you really believe Anthony Green would write a song about nothing...
    Flag Aidenownon June 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:And you're all pretty damn stupid if you really believe Anthony Green would write a song about nothing...
    Flag Aidenownon June 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:The first part...
    All about drugs. Not necessarily Anthony taking them, but being offered them as he inhabits California. Not so sure about the "You can't hold it against them" part...I really don't understand how that line fits into the song.

    The woman in the lobby...
    Anthony checks into a hotel or something the first night in California. He receives dirty (or seemingly dirty) looks from a woman in the lobby, and he immediately understands that he's not home; he's an outsider to all these people.

    The news anchors part...
    It's about the image of America...what other people see and believe is normal...when he talks about the news people, he isn't necessarily describing certain people, I believe it's just a generalization; an observation of how news channels pick people judging by their looks and drown them in makeup so people will watch the show and feel like they are ugly because everyone on television is good looking. The people on TV are a small fraction of the people on Earth, and not everyone looks like that.

    The man and his radio...
    There's so much noise surrounding him in the city. He's not used to it being loud...at all.

    He expects things but he's disappointed.
    Flag Aidenownon June 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:you're all right and wrong in your own ways

    i'm pretty god damn positive this is reflective of his change from philly to california when he left for Saosin.

    It's pretty self explanitory, yet decidedly ambiguous, as Anthony usually is, as it gives you a setting. It even says California, and I'm sure the 'two for ten' thing is about the general surroundings of where he was, that's kind of how it is. People nagging to buy, two for one, blah blah.

    I'd say the rest is introspection, ambiguous, still, and "When this whole thing started" is referring to him, his career, etc. It was still pretty early in it, the beginning really. And as for the very end/title, I can't really make that connecion.
    Flag wordageon February 08, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:my interpetation:

    germute= the place

    livingston burgundy= wine cellar

    $5.99, two for ten= pills or alcohol

    we're here in together, an-ti vitamin.....= overdose of some sort, we are here to make sure he/she is okay

    "you can hold it against....= you can't blame the drug dealer

    she believes...= she thinks the overdose was went to happen

    woman stares..= she is disgusted by anthony greens persona, hes either drunk or drugged up

    in california..= description of whats on t.v

    the man standing..= playing a music for a patient, anthony green is a strong believer that music is a cure hence all his fundraisers ex: "anthony green's children"

    when the whole thing started..= he now knows who he is

    the more i expect...= the more he believes everything will go his way without doing it himself things gets worse

    jesus and the sharp...= it was christmas when this happened and his life changed
    Flag durantwentyon January 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:anything tht anthony green writes always has a meaning even to the smallest meanings there can possibly be.
    Theres mainstream songs out there tht dnt make sense of anyhow but ppl still listen to tht crap rap, but hey its them tht like tht.
    Flag ticklishgioon November 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:lol@doing coke and writing poems.
    erm. whatever works right?
    Flag Nereids_Bewareon August 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:all you noobs who hate anthony green's POETRY means you have a junk head. :D
    Flag dontmakeshitrhymeon March 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:to hammainthetrees, you're wrong and stop saying shit if you don't know what really happened.
    anthony green wrote the whole cd of juturna doing coke while watching eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.
    obviously after saosin, but ever since then he's been off of them.
    Flag rockstarnailbombon August 23, 2007   Link

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