We've got our tracks covered
Thanks to your older brother
It's not the moonlight that sets me off
It's not the money that makes me scoff

It's my impeccable disorder
Where I keep on falling for her
It's not the way my mother talks
It's not the people that she mocks

It's the nature of the experiment
It's the patterns of my temperment
It's the nature of the experiment
They're taking me in increments

We're halfway up the bracket
The rain comes through my jacket
It's not the stones inside my shoes
It's not the risk of what's to lose

It's an ancient Russian proverb
But I doubt it's ones that you've heard
It's not the cracks beneath the floor
It's not the fact that it's a chore

It's the nature of the experiment
It's the patterns of my temperment
It's the nature of the experiment
They're taking me in increments



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    General Comment:We've got our tracks covered
    Thanks to your older brother
    It's not the moonlight that sets me off
    It's not the money that makes me scoff

    (He's getting alcohol or some type of drug from an older brother's friend, it's not the night time that makes him become restless or the money that makes him melancholy)

    It's my impeccable disorder
    Where I keep on falling for her
    It's not the way my mother talks
    It's not the people that she mocks
    (It's this girl he knows that doesn't reciprocate, at least to the same degree, the feelings he has for her...separately it is also not the fact that his mother is unsatisfied with her life.)

    It's the nature of the experiment
    It's the patterns of my temperment
    It's the nature of the experiment
    They're taking me in increments
    (It's the way that people behave in relation to one another, it creates this continuous cycle of his life that slowly takes away his innocence.)

    We're halfway up the bracket
    The rain comes through my jacket
    It's not the stones inside my shoes
    It's not the risk of what's to lose
    (He's halfway up the bracket, he's halfway to where he wants to be in life when the old feelings pour through his "jacket". It's not the everyday discomfort associated with life, it's not the fact that he may fail.)

    It's an ancient Russian proverb
    But I doubt it's ones that you've heard
    It's not the cracks beneath the floor
    It's not the fact that it's a chore
    (Kinda would need to know the proverb for this one, I'm guessing it has something to do with going through the motions to satisfy the people around you.)

    It's the nature of the experiment
    It's the patterns of my temperment
    It's the nature of the experiment
    They're taking me in increments
    (see above)

    Just my thoughts
    Flag gotmilk444444on June 05, 2010   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:I always thought that this song was about someone whose mother was a hooker. Just saying. Great song though.
    Flag mikkemon February 19, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:To me the song seems to be hinting at different non-parallel things occurring in someone's life (a male), and how he's stating that it's not the small little things people seem to look into that made these occurrences happen but on the contrary, it's much more simple and easy to accept when it's merely life's way of being the experiment and him just being a participant and life is taking parts of him away for storage as data. He is the nature of the experiment, and his patterns are what is taken as data.
    I know it sounds crazy, and it's harder to type what I mean to say than it looks, hah.
    Flag urbandecayson December 18, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:Based on the lyrics and the music video I think the song has to do with organized crime/drug dealing. Anyone else thinks so? Just based on the music video + song lyrics I think it could do with that.

    "It's not the cracks beneath the floor
    It's not the fact that it's a chore"

    and

    "We've got our tracks covered
    Thanks to your older brother
    It's not the moonlight that sets me off
    It's not the money that makes me scoff"


    Flag doxyon May 28, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:yeah i have no reason why this band isnt that popular in the states!!!

    my friends think im weird cuz i find muzik that noone has ever heard of

    espicially when i told them i had a new fav band, now all my friends are in love with TPC
    Flag indiefan2227on May 18, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think this song is about a teenage boy who's fallen in love.
    When they say
    "We've got our tracks covered
    Thanks to your older brother" it means that they have an alibi, because he's going to meet the girl.

    It's my impeccable disorder
    Where I keep on falling for her

    He can't help but love her.

    It's not the way my mother talks
    It's not the people that she mocks

    His mother doesn't approve of his friends and the girl.

    It's the nature of the experiment
    It's the patterns of my temperment

    He's young and talking to girls is new, and experimental.

    It's the nature of the experiment
    They're taking me in increments

    The girl is taking more and more of his heart.

    That's all i got though, sorry, hoped I helped.


    Flag nataliemon April 09, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Isn't it about living in a broing town and getting drunk with a group of friends, and talking about the girl you've basically fancied from the day you met her?

    "We've got our tracks covered
    Thanks to your older brother" I think may refer to either getting alcohol or an alibi so they can stay out all night

    "It's the nature of the experiment" I think refers to talking to girls and how when your young it feels like an experiment as you don't really know what your doing

    "It's not the way my mother talks
    It's not the people that she mocks" could refer to him trying to break away from his family and form his own identity

    I think basically this song is about growing up
    Flag NateChaion August 20, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:dude this is the song that got me into tpc.
    and im so happy it did.
    a lesson in crime is probably one of the best albums i've heard all year.

    seriously.
    Flag christyx_ohon November 17, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is amazing. It's soo addictive and catchy. I'm sure I've listened to it at least 40 times in the last two days. It's one of those songs where you could focus on the bass line, the guitar, the cool sounding vocals (I love the accent), or just the general coolness and funkiness of the song itself. It's the same with AFI.
    Flag catalystPUNKon October 04, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:If you haven't already listened to this song, listen to it!!!!
    I can't fucking wait for their Lp....:)
    Flag ALessonInCrimeon August 28, 2007   Link

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