This song is actually about life as a struggling musician on tour. The life of a travelling musician relating this to being a war. Making money, and getting gigs is part of the war.
Talking about lack of food ("I got some groceries, some peanut butter, to last a couple of days"), and talking about the uselessness of a degree or education as a musician ("burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? they won't help me survive)
But he talks about other cities, as if he were about to travel there. All of the cities being American cities, "Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?", yet he talks about the places that they are familiar with like the CBGB's and the Muddclub.
It's about being a struggling band, concentrating on making a living on the road.
This song is actually about life as a struggling musician on tour. The life of a travelling musician relating this to being a war. Making money, and getting gigs is part of the war.
Talking about lack of food ("I got some groceries, some peanut butter, to last a couple of days"), and talking about the uselessness of a degree or education as a musician ("burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? they won't help me survive)
But he talks about other cities, as if he were about to travel there. All of the cities being American cities, "Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?", yet he talks about the places that they are familiar with like the CBGB's and the Muddclub.
It's about being a struggling band, concentrating on making a living on the road.