This song to me is about a love he had with memories of the earthquakes. "All my daydreams disasters" - talking about the earthquake (New Madrid fault line is where they were from - belleville, Ill. Im from Granite City, Ill - lots of earthquakes). "Rivers burn then run backwards" - i think there was an incident where there was an earthquake that made a river literally run backwards for awhile. "they all come from new york city" - talking about all the news trucks that came, tons of them. Mr. Brownings predictions were usually right. Im sure it stirred up this little town and maybe jeff and his girlfriend took a walk down to the fountain in the middle of bellville to see what all the commotion was. Probably being sort of frightened, im sure she held onto his arm.
They must have broken up, she moved away or maybe even she died. "C'mon do what you did" - he wants the earthquakes to bring her back, although it was a scary tragic disaster - he had a good memory tied up in it with this girl. He sings about Mr. Browning who is the person who stirred up all this commotion with his predictions. He wants the big news trucks to come back and wake him up at dawn. But what he wants most is his girlfriend back "shake my baby and please bring her back". I dont know what "carom" means, but he makes some references to death and "buries us all in its broken back" which makes me think that maybe she died.
This song to me is about a love he had with memories of the earthquakes. "All my daydreams disasters" - talking about the earthquake (New Madrid fault line is where they were from - belleville, Ill. Im from Granite City, Ill - lots of earthquakes). "Rivers burn then run backwards" - i think there was an incident where there was an earthquake that made a river literally run backwards for awhile. "they all come from new york city" - talking about all the news trucks that came, tons of them. Mr. Brownings predictions were usually right. Im sure it stirred up this little town and maybe jeff and his girlfriend took a walk down to the fountain in the middle of bellville to see what all the commotion was. Probably being sort of frightened, im sure she held onto his arm.
They must have broken up, she moved away or maybe even she died. "C'mon do what you did" - he wants the earthquakes to bring her back, although it was a scary tragic disaster - he had a good memory tied up in it with this girl. He sings about Mr. Browning who is the person who stirred up all this commotion with his predictions. He wants the big news trucks to come back and wake him up at dawn. But what he wants most is his girlfriend back "shake my baby and please bring her back". I dont know what "carom" means, but he makes some references to death and "buries us all in its broken back" which makes me think that maybe she died.
i have heard the word " carom" to be either carrions, as in vultures.. or alternatively, cairns, as in stones to mark a grave..
i have heard the word " carom" to be either carrions, as in vultures.. or alternatively, cairns, as in stones to mark a grave..
either way, a word associated with death
either way, a word associated with death