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In the bridge, the instruments cut down while the song slowly grows quiet and Rivers refers to a moment in his childhood where he contemplated being a monk. He then tries to tell his mother he's a "good little boy", almost as if he's not quite sure of it himself. Immediately after wards, he decides to sing, "It's all your fault mama!", which is most likely a reference to being raised in such an nontraditional upbringing, something that Rivers felt attributes to his shyness and awkward youth. | In the bridge, the instruments cut down while the song slowly grows quiet and Rivers refers to a moment in his childhood where he contemplated being a monk. He then tries to tell his mother he's a "good little boy", almost as if he's not quite sure of it himself. Immediately after wards, he decides to sing, "It's all your fault mama!", which is most likely a reference to being raised in such an nontraditional upbringing, something that Rivers felt attributes to his shyness and awkward youth. | ||
Rivers then sings about how he dislikes the music industry ("this business is really lame") because he cannot find true love. He then sings "I've gotta live on the island to find the juice", which can be interpreted as a reference to living on the island of Japan to find juice (either something of satisfaction, or | Rivers then sings about how he dislikes the music industry ("this business is really lame") because he cannot find true love. He then sings "I've gotta live on the island to find the juice", which can be interpreted as a reference to living on the island of Japan to find juice (either something of satisfaction, or some type of sexual release or activity). The lines "As if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams..." refer to the "screaming crowds" he always said he wanted as a youth. In regards to his childhood ambitions to be a rock star like [[Kiss]], Rivers has said, "I didn't think past the screaming crowds." Now, Rivers realizes that it is something of little sustenance in Rivers life, and he'd rather have love. | ||
The drums and chords on the song are very sporadic and typically do not follow much of a pattern, but rather change. On some bars, Rivers plays an Em and on others he plays a Bm in its place. The bass lines stray further from the root notes of the guitar chords than they did on [[The Blue Album]]. On June 21, 2008, Rivers said to ''Kerang!'', "Yes, she [the girl in the song] knows it's her. When I wrote the song I took her letter and I literally lifted lines from the letter and put them in the song, so she actually collects royalties on that song." | The drums and chords on the song are very sporadic and typically do not follow much of a pattern, but rather change. On some bars, Rivers plays an Em and on others he plays a Bm in its place. The bass lines stray further from the root notes of the guitar chords than they did on [[The Blue Album]]. On June 21, 2008, Rivers said to ''Kerang!'', "Yes, she [the girl in the song] knows it's her. When I wrote the song I took her letter and I literally lifted lines from the letter and put them in the song, so she actually collects royalties on that song." | ||