this song reminds me a lot of "accident prone" by jawbreaker. blake's been quoted, describing that song as about "a winter full of accidents" or something like that (used to be on the blackball records site, can't find it now). the reference to an accident here may very well be the same accident mentioned in "accident prone" written so many years earlier. i know blake broke his leg, mainly through the allusion in the bad astronaut song "unlucky stuntman."
as for the bulk of it, i think this song describes leaving home for the first time, and how drastically that changes your life. this could refer to blake's time at NYU, or maybe just time spent on the road with jawbreaker.
either way, it's about coming down from a great height, whether that be the initial excitement of college, or the initial excitement of jawbreaker's success. eventually, things begin to change, and loneliness and depression take hold.
gah, i can't even begin to explain how deep i think this song goes.
this song reminds me a lot of "accident prone" by jawbreaker. blake's been quoted, describing that song as about "a winter full of accidents" or something like that (used to be on the blackball records site, can't find it now). the reference to an accident here may very well be the same accident mentioned in "accident prone" written so many years earlier. i know blake broke his leg, mainly through the allusion in the bad astronaut song "unlucky stuntman."
as for the bulk of it, i think this song describes leaving home for the first time, and how drastically that changes your life. this could refer to blake's time at NYU, or maybe just time spent on the road with jawbreaker.
either way, it's about coming down from a great height, whether that be the initial excitement of college, or the initial excitement of jawbreaker's success. eventually, things begin to change, and loneliness and depression take hold.
gah, i can't even begin to explain how deep i think this song goes.