"It’s about West Oakland, living in a warehouse with a lot of people, a bunch of artists and musicians, punks and whatever just lived all up and down, bums and junkies and thugs and gang members and stuff that just lived in that area. I sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving I sit around and watch the tube but nothing's on As his mother tells him to get a job he mentions that she doesn’t like her own job as if to say “well, what’s the point?” And in the end even masturbation loses its fun only to prove once again that the narrator drowned in the deep well of his own laziness. He wants to do something with his life but at the same time looks for excuses not to.
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When you get lazy and stop doing anything you eventually get caught up in the cage of your apathy (“I locked the door to my own cell and I lost the key”) and you can’t motivate yourself to do anything at all anymore. He’s realistic about the fact that this all isn’t going to get him far, so he asks “peel me off this Velcro seat” as he knows it’s time to actually do something already, but he’s too lazy to even take a shower. He’s an unemployed young man who spends most of his time at home watching TV, masturbating and getting high. It might mean that the narrator of this song is looking at his life wondering what to do next and whether he even has a future. “Longview” is a term that refers to planning out one’s future. "Our friend/roadie Kaz Hope, suggested we call our song Longview because the 1st time we played (it) was in Longview Washington in spring 1992." Isn't this the wackiest thing you've ever heard?' Later, it took me a long time to be able to play it, but it made sense when I was on drugs." I was laying up against the wall with my bass lying on my lap.
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"When Billie gave me the shuffle beat for Longview I was flying on acid so hard. To make one problem that adds up to nothing So close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbyeĪnd think about the times you spent and what they've mentĪnd think about the times we spent and what they've meantĭoes it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind?ĭo you ever want to lead a long trail of destructionĪnd mow down any bullshit that confronts youĭo you ever build up all the small things in your head This time I've really lost my mind and I don't care And in that process he also destroys himself.
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He’s so blinded by his anger that everything around him, including other people, becomes nothing and all he wants to do is destroy any source of irritation and all the “bullshit that confronts” him just to satisfy the burning anger inside of him. He’s so irritated and angry that all the small things that bug him keep adding up and override all goodness in him, turning him into a killing machine that doesn’t care about anyone or anything anymore.
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The narrator is so mad at someone or something in his past (“Do you ever think back to another time?”), some painful memory that scarred him so much that he’s unable to forget it, that he is now mad at the whole world and is ready to “lead a long trail of destruction” as if hurting people around him would avenge his own pain. However, a closer look at the lyrics along with the fact that at the time the band hasn’t yet started expressing their views on serious political issues shows that most likely the song is about the destructive strength of anger and spiteful memories. This literal vision of the song gave birth to a theory that the song might be about suicide bombing. He’s going to kill himself and everyone around him and won’t listen to anyone trying to stop him or calm him down. If you perceive the lyrics of this song literally, you’ll see a man who comes to a public place with “explosives duct-taped” to his spine and a murderous plan settled in his brain. Had a great show at Euclid tavern but the rest of the night was miserable." "I wrote 'Having A Blast' in Cleveland in 1992.