You've all missed the central point of awesomeness of this song. It's pretty subtle. Who the fuck is the only person who could be singing this song?
This song is sung from the POV of the guy who murdered the passengers. The driver is singing this song. He killed them all, took their money, and is now moving on to other things, and inviting you to be his next victim.
I bet BOC is pretty disappointed how few people got this song.
The driver is not telling the story. The 5th line says 'Three good buddies of mine...' Also, the driver was not the killer, 'And the other guy turned and spilled, Three boys blood...'
The driver is not telling the story. The 5th line says 'Three good buddies of mine...' Also, the driver was not the killer, 'And the other guy turned and spilled, Three boys blood...'
Must be has Buck said (cuz he wrote it?). One of the 3 buddies survived.
Must be has Buck said (cuz he wrote it?). One of the 3 buddies survived.
woops i didnt realize i could reply to these. anyway, alot of the lyrics written up there^^ are not what is in the song. Unless the voices saying those extra words are even quiter than the ones saying "all there" and "what luck", i'm pretty sure that them lyrics ain't right. But this other dude has a point, the driver is presented as another character in the story, if it was him narrating it, he would have said "i said the...." Maybe it could be a friend of the three boys?? One who was left after it went wrong to...
woops i didnt realize i could reply to these. anyway, alot of the lyrics written up there^^ are not what is in the song. Unless the voices saying those extra words are even quiter than the ones saying "all there" and "what luck", i'm pretty sure that them lyrics ain't right. But this other dude has a point, the driver is presented as another character in the story, if it was him narrating it, he would have said "i said the...." Maybe it could be a friend of the three boys?? One who was left after it went wrong to find them or deduce what happened by himself? The way Bloom was talkin' about it when i saw them, made it sound like whoever wrote the lyrics (it seriously could have been one or more of more than 10 people)was the person who knew them. I dont know, sorry this is so long, i have been DYING to debate BOC lyrics with someone other than my father for years now, and all my stupid SHEEP friends won't stop for 15 seconds and actually hear them as anything more than a blurred background noise. So I'm pretty excited about this whole debate thing. Who would have thought, BOC NERD?? ha!
@muldrake The guy who's singing the song is indeed the man who killed the three boys. But he's not the driver. The three boys were making a deal with two men. One was the driver, the other guy was sitting in the front-right seat (aka shotgun seat) of the car. That's why he says, "then the other guy turned and spilled three boys blood," instead of, "the driver turned and spilled three boys blood."
@muldrake The guy who's singing the song is indeed the man who killed the three boys. But he's not the driver. The three boys were making a deal with two men. One was the driver, the other guy was sitting in the front-right seat (aka shotgun seat) of the car. That's why he says, "then the other guy turned and spilled three boys blood," instead of, "the driver turned and spilled three boys blood."
@muldrake Alternatively, it could be the one boy who survived who is recalling what happened to him as he tries to make it back to civilization in the middle of the desert. In that interpretation, the last verse would be him being harshly sarcastic about his dire predicament.
@muldrake Alternatively, it could be the one boy who survived who is recalling what happened to him as he tries to make it back to civilization in the middle of the desert. In that interpretation, the last verse would be him being harshly sarcastic about his dire predicament.
And another interpretation is that Death is narrating the whole thing.
And another interpretation is that Death is narrating the whole thing.
So there's many different, valid interpretations. BOC is not disappointed in people who wanna interpret the song how they choose, I'm sure of that much.
So there's many different, valid interpretations. BOC is not disappointed in people who wanna interpret the song how they choose, I'm sure of that much.
You've all missed the central point of awesomeness of this song. It's pretty subtle. Who the fuck is the only person who could be singing this song?
This song is sung from the POV of the guy who murdered the passengers. The driver is singing this song. He killed them all, took their money, and is now moving on to other things, and inviting you to be his next victim.
I bet BOC is pretty disappointed how few people got this song.
Yup - you got it
Yup - you got it
"The driver is singing this song."
"The driver is singing this song."
Absolutely! Makes perfect sense. It must be the driver. That's why he sings:
Absolutely! Makes perfect sense. It must be the driver. That's why he sings:
The driver said, "The border's just over the bluff"
The driver said, "The border's just over the bluff"
Who else could it be but the driver? Yep, BOC is pretty disappointed.
Who else could it be but the driver? Yep, BOC is pretty disappointed.
The driver is not telling the story. The 5th line says 'Three good buddies of mine...' Also, the driver was not the killer, 'And the other guy turned and spilled, Three boys blood...'
The driver is not telling the story. The 5th line says 'Three good buddies of mine...' Also, the driver was not the killer, 'And the other guy turned and spilled, Three boys blood...'
Must be has Buck said (cuz he wrote it?). One of the 3 buddies survived.
Must be has Buck said (cuz he wrote it?). One of the 3 buddies survived.
woops i didnt realize i could reply to these. anyway, alot of the lyrics written up there^^ are not what is in the song. Unless the voices saying those extra words are even quiter than the ones saying "all there" and "what luck", i'm pretty sure that them lyrics ain't right. But this other dude has a point, the driver is presented as another character in the story, if it was him narrating it, he would have said "i said the...." Maybe it could be a friend of the three boys?? One who was left after it went wrong to...
woops i didnt realize i could reply to these. anyway, alot of the lyrics written up there^^ are not what is in the song. Unless the voices saying those extra words are even quiter than the ones saying "all there" and "what luck", i'm pretty sure that them lyrics ain't right. But this other dude has a point, the driver is presented as another character in the story, if it was him narrating it, he would have said "i said the...." Maybe it could be a friend of the three boys?? One who was left after it went wrong to find them or deduce what happened by himself? The way Bloom was talkin' about it when i saw them, made it sound like whoever wrote the lyrics (it seriously could have been one or more of more than 10 people)was the person who knew them. I dont know, sorry this is so long, i have been DYING to debate BOC lyrics with someone other than my father for years now, and all my stupid SHEEP friends won't stop for 15 seconds and actually hear them as anything more than a blurred background noise. So I'm pretty excited about this whole debate thing. Who would have thought, BOC NERD?? ha!
@muldrake The guy who's singing the song is indeed the man who killed the three boys. But he's not the driver. The three boys were making a deal with two men. One was the driver, the other guy was sitting in the front-right seat (aka shotgun seat) of the car. That's why he says, "then the other guy turned and spilled three boys blood," instead of, "the driver turned and spilled three boys blood."
@muldrake The guy who's singing the song is indeed the man who killed the three boys. But he's not the driver. The three boys were making a deal with two men. One was the driver, the other guy was sitting in the front-right seat (aka shotgun seat) of the car. That's why he says, "then the other guy turned and spilled three boys blood," instead of, "the driver turned and spilled three boys blood."
@muldrake Alternatively, it could be the one boy who survived who is recalling what happened to him as he tries to make it back to civilization in the middle of the desert. In that interpretation, the last verse would be him being harshly sarcastic about his dire predicament.
@muldrake Alternatively, it could be the one boy who survived who is recalling what happened to him as he tries to make it back to civilization in the middle of the desert. In that interpretation, the last verse would be him being harshly sarcastic about his dire predicament.
And another interpretation is that Death is narrating the whole thing.
And another interpretation is that Death is narrating the whole thing.
So there's many different, valid interpretations. BOC is not disappointed in people who wanna interpret the song how they choose, I'm sure of that much.
So there's many different, valid interpretations. BOC is not disappointed in people who wanna interpret the song how they choose, I'm sure of that much.