closer 2 the end...

I remember at Angie's one time Clint threw out that Closer 2 The End was about NATO bombing (but then said after the show he was just joking)... But I'm curious, what's the song about? The lyrics are vague and open for pretty much any interpretation (which is cool). What was the original inspiration?

posted by Zach Beane on Jun 08, 2000 05:18PM

The song could be about a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the harder it is to leave the nearly empty roll on the spindle... Its an obsessive-compulsive disorder thing...

posted by Cody Phipps on Jun 08, 2000 10:59PM

Well the lyrics do say "I see you, you don't see me, I'm your one true friend" which could mean that they're sick of getting treated like shit from whoever and it's like their closer to the end of their rope and are this close to leaving them altogether. And as we all know leaving friends is never easy - so maybe the person in the song would never leave them no matter how much they say they will. But that's just my take on it. Incidentally...Is "Red" about a girl who's been murdered?

posted by Chris Hancock on Jun 09, 2000 12:36AM

Actually, I guess I'm really curious about the chorus, "Take me where the posies die, I feel dead again..." That seems like such an odd thing to say, I was wondering what it meant (or if that's what it really says).

posted by Zach Beane on Jun 09, 2000 10:06AM

Ok I guess I forgot to hit "add reply" the 2nd time because I did reply to this but it didn't show. Zach for what's it worth I've heard those same lyrics since I got the tape a couple months ago so if we're hearing the wrong words then we're hearing the same wrong words.

posted by Chris Hancock on Jun 11, 2000 09:50PM

I thought it was "where the posies lay" and if thats that case that would mean the ground, the dirt. like they want to be buried....and quick.

posted by Chris Hancock on Jun 21, 2000 12:52AM