I'm almost one hundred percent certain that this song is about someone who gets picked on or messed with at work/school. Most likely a lab tech of some sort.
He starts off with intense concentration on some special thing he's working on and says that he MUSN'T stumble, he MUSN'T make a mistake, but he's so tense that he does stumble, he does mess up.
Some are angry and upset by his mistake, while others laugh at him. These bullies tell him that he has no idea who he really is, that he's just a loser.
But he knows who he is, he's found the answer. He's VAN OCCUPANTHER!
They say the world "chews you up and spits you out", so I believe the last few lines are a play on this cliche. The singer wants to runaway from the pain of it all (stay out of sight for a long time)
I'm almost one hundred percent certain that this song is about someone who gets picked on or messed with at work/school. Most likely a lab tech of some sort.
He starts off with intense concentration on some special thing he's working on and says that he MUSN'T stumble, he MUSN'T make a mistake, but he's so tense that he does stumble, he does mess up.
Some are angry and upset by his mistake, while others laugh at him. These bullies tell him that he has no idea who he really is, that he's just a loser.
But he knows who he is, he's found the answer. He's VAN OCCUPANTHER!
They say the world "chews you up and spits you out", so I believe the last few lines are a play on this cliche. The singer wants to runaway from the pain of it all (stay out of sight for a long time)