Lyric discussion by Strutnut23 

mfry is right, the song title means Twenty-five or Twenty-six to Four-O-Clock. Hilde is also correct that the song is about writing a song. He is up late writing and doesn't know if he should keep going or not. Another interesting (though untrue) theory about the title is that is a mathematical ratio for cutting cocaine.

@Strutnut23 hell yeah I like the cutting cocaine theory best. Could you elaborate sir please?

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