Lyrics
I am living in an extra large box
The speaker feels confined or restricted, metaphorically living in a large box.
It's a nice big house with a TV/VCR
Describing the box as a "nice big house" with modern amenities like a TV/VCR.
Where rats are eating all my earthly possessions
Rats represent problems or challenges eating away at the speaker's possessions.
I called the pledge drive
The speaker seeks help or support, possibly reaching out to a pledge drive for assistance.
I got the suicide hotline
Contacting a suicide hotline for emotional support or crisis intervention.
Life's little moments in an extra large box
Reflecting on life's moments within the constraints of the metaphorical box.
Courting controversy in an esoteric field
Engaging in controversial topics within a specialized or obscure field.
Why don't the police ever obey the law?
Raising a rhetorical question about the police not following the law.
I don't know anything
Expressing a lack of knowledge or understanding.
You don't know anything
Highlighting mutual ignorance, emphasizing a lack of knowledge between individuals.
Statistically likely to be wearing a shirt
Describing a statistically probable appearance of the speaker wearing a white, starched shirt.
A shirt so white and starched you could spill coffee on it
Detailing the cleanliness of the shirt, implying a level of formality.
Statistically likely to be trying to stay hydrated (but not that hydrated)
Likely engaging in efforts to stay hydrated, but not excessively so.
No one is mad at me
Repetition of the idea that no one is angry with the speaker.
No one is mad at me
-No one is mad at me
-No one is mad at me
-If woke dudes must die, I'll go first
Willingness to take the lead in challenging or risky situations.
I don't know anything
Reiteration of mutual ignorance between individuals.
You don't know anything
-If we must dumpster dive, I'll go first
Expressing readiness to face difficulties, using dumpster diving as a metaphor.
I don't know anything
Reaffirmation of mutual lack of knowledge between individuals.
You don't know anything
-And if you think youth has been wasted on the young and the wasted
Addressing the perception of wasted youth and the willingness to sacrifice for a cause.
And so now one of us has to die, I'll go first
-I don't know anything
-You don't know anything
-I am a supergrain, I'm native to Peru
Describing the speaker metaphorically as a supergrain from Peru with potential negative impacts.
I thrive in the elevations of the Andes mountain range
-I am arguably ruining the environment and the local economy
-And you can substitute me for bulgur wheat
-This mob of teens with sponges is ready to wash your car
Depicting a scene of activism, challenging transphobia in unconventional locations.
I'm standing in the Wendy's drive-thru screaming "Fuck all the transphobes"
-(Sir, this is a Wendy's)
-I feel nothing and I'm 14-inches tall
Expressing emotional numbness despite being in a challenging situation.
I don't know anything
Reiteration of mutual ignorance between individuals.
You don't know anything
-Statistically likely to be wearing a shirt
Repetition of the idea that no one is angry with the speaker.
A shirt so white and starched you could spill coffee on it
-Statistically likely to be trying to stay hydrated (but not that hydrated)
-No one is mad at me
-No one is mad at me
-No one is mad at me
-No one is mad at me
-If woke dudes must die, I'll go first
Continuation of the theme of willingness to take the lead in challenging or risky situations.
I don't know anything
-You don't know anything
-If we must dumpster dive, I'll go first
-I don't know anything
-You don't know anything
-And if you think youth has been wasted on the young and the wasted
-And so now one of us has to die, I'll go first
-I don't know anything
-You don't know anything
Reiteration of mutual ignorance between individuals.
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