Like a couple of you have already said, I think this song is from the point of view of a drug user who tortured someone and then left him for dead. The first thing that came to my mind when I heard it was this news story: cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/19/phoenix.drug.kidnappings/
The "clear as an insect's wings" and "blasting off" sounds like a reference to crystal meth. He's getting high and trying to focus on the songs on the radio and whether he's making good driving time in order to keep his mind off the horrific thing he did, but it keeps coming back to him and he just can't forget how he tied a man up and tortured him for hours.
It's a very visual song. I can almost see the narrator stepping out of a dingy motel into a wet desert, then driving in the rain, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel and singing only to be interrupted by a flashback of a bloody floor and tortured man. Powerful stuff.
Like a couple of you have already said, I think this song is from the point of view of a drug user who tortured someone and then left him for dead. The first thing that came to my mind when I heard it was this news story: cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/19/phoenix.drug.kidnappings/
The "clear as an insect's wings" and "blasting off" sounds like a reference to crystal meth. He's getting high and trying to focus on the songs on the radio and whether he's making good driving time in order to keep his mind off the horrific thing he did, but it keeps coming back to him and he just can't forget how he tied a man up and tortured him for hours.
It's a very visual song. I can almost see the narrator stepping out of a dingy motel into a wet desert, then driving in the rain, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel and singing only to be interrupted by a flashback of a bloody floor and tortured man. Powerful stuff.