Story Behind The Song

This was written as an attempt to explain to the peolple around why I have never been attached to life, death, or anything physical. i wanted to get as detailed and personal as i possibly could, even if it meant making myself and a few others uncomfortable, to clear the air. The verses are the past; defining moments that helped to shape who i am now. The chorus is the present; my feelings of unattachment, and general disconcern in life.

Song Description

Rock rythem with all acoustice guitars, spoken word/rap influenced verses and sung a chorus.

Lyrics

When it began back in 71
A small Indiana town
A small Indian house
She married too young
He left when I was too young
Like a passing fad
I had nothing for a dad who was never there
Ask me why I don?t care

Since it began back in 71
Everyone wonders how I don?t care
And how I?m not attached at the hip to everything hip
And why I dipped in and out of manic depressive bouts
In my mind sometimes
I wonder if this place is it really that great
In the moments around I just as soon make peace
And peacefully watch this all burn

(Chorus)
Burn Burn
Burn mu-fucker burn
I could stay or leave
Go on set it free

From when it began back in 91
That Indiana town
In that bigger Indiana house
Getting a collage degree
That meant nothing to me
Still unattached to the views untamed
By the education designed
To mix me in with the other straw names

And since I began back in 91
A different life
There?s this girl still tryin to
Figure out how she became my ex-wife
And why I don?t back down and away
From who I was the very first day of life
Unattached unbound, by the limits around me
I just as soon like to see, see this all burn

(Chorus)