Lyric discussion by despondent 

my father was an asshole. ignored my sister and i and then died. as the machine head song says, there was no closure for us. i take "which way to go...windowsill" to be contemplation of suicide. "release me" makes me think of a longing for closure.

of course, some screwball will claim that these things actually refer to ephemeral spices on a rack in the back room of a dimly-lit san antonio suburban basement...

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