After listening for a few hours (I know..I know) I began to see what the song might mean.
The chorus is the easiest to understand it is a reference to war, but it could be an exchange between a coffee vender and the narrator. For instance when he says, "We don't need no walkie talkie, nope, no walkie talkies we just want our hemitry to stay and our coffee to go." The narrator doesn't want this useless chit-chat, he wants to remain a hermit and keep to himself.
The first verse is kind of cryptic, but after careful looking at it one can say that it is talking about materialism, and is using war as a side metaphor. In the end we can say it has two layers: war and materialism. When he calls a huge amount of things in his possession as hell, and when he talks about property owners it is clear that he is pointing out what is wrong in society. When he mentions that property owners walk around like they "author the law" or make the laws is a huge statement about our society. When he says, "i mean thats o.k., you got to answer to you at the end of the volatile day" He is referring to these people's conscious. The last portion might be me reaching, BUT he might be distinguishing between the poor and rich. How many poor people end up in war if they want to have any kind of material gain, and how the rich don't, and so it says "opposite ends" and the last part describes a martyr (could be the poor) and a weatherman (could be the rich?)
The second verse is a little easier. He talks about "warpy american" ideals about fame, and monetary, or materialistic gain. The first portion is him going off about how we need to have a lot of things to be happy, but in reality we are just in hell. He then talks about not having time for critics who just don't get his stuff. He then says "no dial tone, no line for the phone, no world's tiniest violin song," which could mean that although he does not have riches he is not saddened by it, the whole "small violin" line. He even contemplates faking his death to rid himself of all these annoyances. The last part is funny because it might make you realize that he hasn't gotten his coffee and hasn't left the coffee shop, and thus is still talking to the coffee vendor? And he says, " one large coffee, fuck you, peace." He grabs his coffee and says, "fuck you" followed by "peace".
J.D.'s verse is weird because it was a bit out of place at first, but then i saw parallels and it could refer to these American ideals about how we need people to like us, or we need people's acceptance. "i crawled down to the basement" once again we see that hermit like behavior. "when the outside world recedes from view, it's just a year's supply of make-up and memories of you, 1967 colt 45, holding back the vampires, keeping me alive, there's an envelope with some cash in it out by the front door, this is what they make you take the medication for" this might refer to the world imploding on itself from all these shitty ideals, and when that happens only the material will remain, "make-up"? The year could be a reference to H.P. Lovecraft, or some birth or tragedy? Not sure yet, Colt 45...i have no idea, the drink? Or the gun? The vampires are his so-called friends or corporations that suck him dry, but he needs them, their acceptance. Cash outside so he can keep his mouth shut about what he knows? It is hard to stay sane when all this is going on, or materialism is a drug that makes them forget or be happy for a little while?
The video could possibly reflect this anti-materialism idea because it makes everyone like zombies?
That was my take on this song...it could be wrong, but there it is.
After listening for a few hours (I know..I know) I began to see what the song might mean. The chorus is the easiest to understand it is a reference to war, but it could be an exchange between a coffee vender and the narrator. For instance when he says, "We don't need no walkie talkie, nope, no walkie talkies we just want our hemitry to stay and our coffee to go." The narrator doesn't want this useless chit-chat, he wants to remain a hermit and keep to himself.
The first verse is kind of cryptic, but after careful looking at it one can say that it is talking about materialism, and is using war as a side metaphor. In the end we can say it has two layers: war and materialism. When he calls a huge amount of things in his possession as hell, and when he talks about property owners it is clear that he is pointing out what is wrong in society. When he mentions that property owners walk around like they "author the law" or make the laws is a huge statement about our society. When he says, "i mean thats o.k., you got to answer to you at the end of the volatile day" He is referring to these people's conscious. The last portion might be me reaching, BUT he might be distinguishing between the poor and rich. How many poor people end up in war if they want to have any kind of material gain, and how the rich don't, and so it says "opposite ends" and the last part describes a martyr (could be the poor) and a weatherman (could be the rich?)
The second verse is a little easier. He talks about "warpy american" ideals about fame, and monetary, or materialistic gain. The first portion is him going off about how we need to have a lot of things to be happy, but in reality we are just in hell. He then talks about not having time for critics who just don't get his stuff. He then says "no dial tone, no line for the phone, no world's tiniest violin song," which could mean that although he does not have riches he is not saddened by it, the whole "small violin" line. He even contemplates faking his death to rid himself of all these annoyances. The last part is funny because it might make you realize that he hasn't gotten his coffee and hasn't left the coffee shop, and thus is still talking to the coffee vendor? And he says, " one large coffee, fuck you, peace." He grabs his coffee and says, "fuck you" followed by "peace".
J.D.'s verse is weird because it was a bit out of place at first, but then i saw parallels and it could refer to these American ideals about how we need people to like us, or we need people's acceptance. "i crawled down to the basement" once again we see that hermit like behavior. "when the outside world recedes from view, it's just a year's supply of make-up and memories of you, 1967 colt 45, holding back the vampires, keeping me alive, there's an envelope with some cash in it out by the front door, this is what they make you take the medication for" this might refer to the world imploding on itself from all these shitty ideals, and when that happens only the material will remain, "make-up"? The year could be a reference to H.P. Lovecraft, or some birth or tragedy? Not sure yet, Colt 45...i have no idea, the drink? Or the gun? The vampires are his so-called friends or corporations that suck him dry, but he needs them, their acceptance. Cash outside so he can keep his mouth shut about what he knows? It is hard to stay sane when all this is going on, or materialism is a drug that makes them forget or be happy for a little while?
The video could possibly reflect this anti-materialism idea because it makes everyone like zombies?
That was my take on this song...it could be wrong, but there it is.