I think this is about stress, inability in dealing with people, and self-criticism. It's like, when you can't quite bear to look directly at someone's face but you have to make eye contact. The speaker has a stressful job with a big project he needs to get done, but is falling behind. He's talking to his boss, and is so jittery with guilt over the unfinished project that he doesn't want to make eye contact, but is trying to force himself to, thus shifting his gaze between the safe place past his boss's head and the face of the boss.
When his boss berates him over procrastinating on the project, he walks away covering the blisters (from the words) in flannel to hide that he's secretly freaked that he'll lose his job. When he goes to try and find answers via the History Channel, they give him an incomprehensible answer except the encouraging bit: "YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED." Real helpful, guys.
Now he wants to be on a jet tarmac, ready to fly away from problems, and he "can't stand to look back" at his failure. He feels like he's lost his life and "wants it back," but can't quite transition back into normality and his job, even though the boss probably didn't mean anything that serious. But he knows that the History Channel dudes don't always get things right (in fact, they're wrong quite often, depending on your religious opinion) and he's second-guessing their so-called advice...
Though the words we speak are banal
Now one of them's a lie
Now one of them's a lie
You're what happens when two substances collide
And by all accounts you really should have died
This song is about something he saw on television, as are most songs on this album. Hence the title, Life And The Mysterious Production Of Eggs.
This song is about something he saw on television, as are most songs on this album. Hence the title, Life And The Mysterious Production Of Eggs.
Eggs being the songs and the mysterious production the inspiration for the songs.
Eggs being the songs and the mysterious production the inspiration for the songs.
TV & Movies.
TV & Movies.
Doubt it?
Doubt it?
This one is The Fly. American Psycho II is next. Banking On Myth is completely inspired by The Avengers, a terrible movie with Sean Connery & Uma Thurman.
This one is The Fly. American Psycho II is next. Banking On Myth is completely inspired by The Avengers, a terrible movie with Sean Connery & Uma Thurman.
MX Missiles nods heavily to Star Trek, particularlly the Crystaline Entity--a creature that was eventually destroyed when a high frequency was broadcast at it... ie, killed with w whistle.
And Tables & Chairs is all Fight Club.
It's a great album, but you guys have overthought the hell out of it.
I think this is about stress, inability in dealing with people, and self-criticism. It's like, when you can't quite bear to look directly at someone's face but you have to make eye contact. The speaker has a stressful job with a big project he needs to get done, but is falling behind. He's talking to his boss, and is so jittery with guilt over the unfinished project that he doesn't want to make eye contact, but is trying to force himself to, thus shifting his gaze between the safe place past his boss's head and the face of the boss.
When his boss berates him over procrastinating on the project, he walks away covering the blisters (from the words) in flannel to hide that he's secretly freaked that he'll lose his job. When he goes to try and find answers via the History Channel, they give him an incomprehensible answer except the encouraging bit: "YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED." Real helpful, guys.
Now he wants to be on a jet tarmac, ready to fly away from problems, and he "can't stand to look back" at his failure. He feels like he's lost his life and "wants it back," but can't quite transition back into normality and his job, even though the boss probably didn't mean anything that serious. But he knows that the History Channel dudes don't always get things right (in fact, they're wrong quite often, depending on your religious opinion) and he's second-guessing their so-called advice...
Though the words we speak are banal Now one of them's a lie Now one of them's a lie You're what happens when two substances collide And by all accounts you really should have died
This song is about something he saw on television, as are most songs on this album. Hence the title, Life And The Mysterious Production Of Eggs.
This song is about something he saw on television, as are most songs on this album. Hence the title, Life And The Mysterious Production Of Eggs.
Eggs being the songs and the mysterious production the inspiration for the songs.
Eggs being the songs and the mysterious production the inspiration for the songs.
TV & Movies.
TV & Movies.
Doubt it?
Doubt it?
This one is The Fly. American Psycho II is next. Banking On Myth is completely inspired by The Avengers, a terrible movie with Sean Connery & Uma Thurman.
This one is The Fly. American Psycho II is next. Banking On Myth is completely inspired by The Avengers, a terrible movie with Sean Connery & Uma Thurman.
MX Missiles nods heavily to Star Trek, particularlly the Crystaline Entity--a creature that was eventually destroyed when a high frequency was broadcast at it... ie, killed with w whistle.
And Tables & Chairs is all Fight Club.
It's a great album, but you guys have overthought the hell out of it.