In depth song lyrics

[tickleyourdaughter]

Happy Alone



On our way, so it seems,

Obviously the beginning of a journey, whether its an actual trip or a drug trip or whatever.

blooming flowers waltz before me

Now the idea of dancing flowers could possibly be just setting a happy scene, or maybe hallucinogenic inspired. But there is another option which is slightly more out of the box, but follow me anyway. Later Caleb says "i love to watch you when youre dancing" probably to a girl. This flower could actually be aa girl he is with or thinkin about. ( Also when a girl loses her virginity its called "deflowering" her, so just maybe Caleb has more on his mind than a Tulip.)


Rollin' numbers, passing time,
got to get outside the city,

Maybe literally rolling dice, or just a metaphor for this in between period of the trip....?

In the morning all will see, just how crazy young love can be

Maybe he has an announcement of this "love" or feels like he has to prove something. Maybe hes talking about gettin laid, and boasting about it. Who knows?

On our own, away again, don't get down my darlin'

More lines about the journey, maybe he wants his companion to be happy and not "down". Or it could be a reference to the down period of using drugs, so as he needs to get/smoke more.

I'm gonna tangle my face hair, I’m gonna tickle your daughter


Announcin his plans to the world, or possibly literally to the girls parents or loved ones about their reckless adventure ahead. The line about facial hair and tickling could be a reference to him performing oral sex on his compnion and it having a ticklin sensation.


3 o'clock in the mornin' they all cry to me,

Late nights, "cry" could be any sexual related noise.


I'll be prancin' around in my high heels and your cherry red lipstick,
Look out your window i'm on your street

Showing just how crazy this trip will be (or was), to someone who seems to have a shocked reaction of some sort.


Miles away, so unclear, almost lost it in Montana

THe fact thats its unclear makes me thing of drugs. What was lost could be actually losing his "stash" of marijuana or whatever, love, virginity, or maybe losing his mind.

Lets pull over, have us a choke


I think this is probably oral sex, because of the choke reference. Or possibly just to smoke, because of the somewhat choking a cigarette or joint could have on ones lungs.

I love to watch you when your dancin'

If the oral sex line is right, he maybe refering to him watching her perform it upon him.

I wonder if they ever dream,
They would get just what we gave them

No clue here.......

All wrapped up in being nineteen,
Chasin' stars that are fallin'

Just enjoying his youth and excitement

When that train heads home,
They're gonna be so gone gone, you aint ne’er gonna see me

Maybe he feels someone is after him, maybe drug inspired paranoia.


Im a-gone gone, you aint nothin’ to me
When they shine them streets, they're gonna find our song


This proably similar to the previous, finding our song might mean finding some record of his trip.

[cornflake]

Caleb's really likes his oral sex refrences doesn't he?

Good job tickleyourdaughter. Welcome to the board by the way.

Oh I see the refrence about "blooming flowers waltz before me" being maybe a refrence to girls that are in their teens that are just maturing and just ripe for the picking (ripe for sex), and they are surrounding him. And "Rollin' numbers, passing time" could be a refrence to rolling and smoking a joint, and doing this just to pass the time.

[californiaxwaiting]

"When that train heads home,
They're gonna be so gone gone, you aint ne’er gonna see me"

Thats a really good explanation of it, but I also thought that he meant that these girls that are with him are just there for the time being, meaning they will leave soon and he will never see them again?

"Im a-gone gone, you aint nothin’ to me"
And then saying that they don't mean anything to him anyway.
Just a thought.
Oh i love reading this.

[katietill]

maybe she drinks "milk" at school under the stairs and/or in the hallway. and THAT'S why she's tardy. hmmmm

i think "chasin stars that are fallin'" is talking about them being 19 yr old stars and they've "fallen" away from their upbringing.

we're all about some oral on here huh?

[tickleyourdaughter]

Pistol of Fire


Pistol of fire, pistol of fire,
Pistol of fire, shattered the frame

His "pistol of fire" has " shattered the frame", most likely wild sexual expirence with a young lady.


go hug your sister go love your sister
go hug your sister one in the same

Im takin a shot in the dark here, umm maybe the references to sister mean having to confront family or confess to family about this.

Aiyah where is it you want to take me,
Aiyah where is it you want to go Aiyah

AIyah ( Higher) meaning sexual pleasure and taking the girl and himself to the "place" they wanna be.


Wrapping up the morning’s coming
Aiyah home before the rooster crows

Finsishing the night off in the first line. THe second line might be a little more complex. THe rooster crow makes me think -COCK a doddle do. But then again this is name of his drunken alter ego so maybe he wants to leave before he makes an ass of himself.


I feel the water out in the cool grass
down in the meadow under the tree

Water he might be substituting for cum, meaning he feels it at the end of this expirence. "Down in the meadow under the tree" makes me think way down below, possibly meaning the girls (or maybe his) pubic hair when he says tree. Iuno it might just be me. I always wanna think Caleb is making some sneaky reference to sex.

it’s gonna tickle you’re gonna giggle
it’s gonna tickle, tickle for free

I think the tickle could either be sensations of sex itself, or possibly the burning of an STD.

By the way Im glad you guys are catching on, Im enjoying this thread.

[katietill]

you are soo sexual. damn--that's all i got.

[FactoryGirl]

wow this thread made me realise how naive i am!

[lmd88]

Are all their songs really that sexual? If so, I like them even more

[MrsFollowill]

me too

[mystery girl]

caleb would care if she was lactose intolerant. i'm not just being naive here, i heard it straight from him. i mean he could've been pulling my leg but that's what he said. he said she hated milk and that at the time they were together he was on the road and she was in school (had problems with drinking milk and being school tardy) and she couldn't really relate to the things he was experiencing on the road. that that was part of the reason it didn't work out.

anyway, it's probably one of those times when he says one thing and means another but means the literal thing at the same time. does that make sense?

[tickleyourdaughter]

yeah i get what your saying

[katietill]

i think it's the cutest reference to a girl ever. had problems w/ drinking milk. i LOVE milk and so does my husband, i bet it would bother him if i dind't like it. he worships it. hahaha

wow, after reading that it sounds weird, just so you know, im talking about cow's milk.

[lmd88]

I hate milk, that girl was wise not to drink it

[mystery girl]

i second that opinion. milk is disgusting. it hurts my tummy. i have yet to look over the latest edition to this thread but i will soon.

[cornflake]

kaleidescopeeyes said:

caleb would care if she was lactose intolerant. i'm not just being naive here, i heard it straight from him. i mean he could've been pulling my leg but that's what he said. he said she hated milk and that at the time they were together he was on the road and she was in school (had problems with drinking milk and being school tardy) and she couldn't really relate to the things he was experiencing on the road. that that was part of the reason it didn't work out.

anyway, it's probably one of those times when he says one thing and means another but means the literal thing at the same time. does that make sense?

Aw, I think maybe he was joking with you. Then again, Caleb is a little fibber, so what should we believe?

But I have heard/read him say a couple of times that the song Milk is about a girl he was dating and then they broke up while he was making Aha Shake Heartbreak. I truly think he isn't talking in the literal sence of milk. He's a naughty, dirty mouthed boy with an angelic face.


Caleb has said in the Risen Interview that "I'll use a word and you might think I'm using it this way, but the spelling is completly different. I want to have hooks and I'm not talking about hooks like a pop chorus. I'm talking about something that grabs your attention and makes you think, Did he really just say that? Is he using poor language? It sounds like he's singing through his nose or whatever. I love shit like that."

So did he really just mean milk or the metaphore for milk? Some people may think the first, I think the latter. Whatever the case, it's a damn great song. I love analyzing the lyrics.

Here is the little interview with him about Milk on MTV2 as a little treat.
- s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=09XVKE5T4MMJK3JKQTX95D1YZ4

[mystery girl]

yeah i've heard him say that before, but you can tell when caleb is joking and pulling your leg. he was extremely serious and i can spot a bullshitter a mile a way most times (in person anyway). this song seems much to personal and serious. however, i had said earlier that he could have meant both. i think because he's so blatantly sexual a lot of the time, we expect EVERYTHING he writes to have some sexual undertone. i think he was being much too honest in this song, so there may not have been room for innuendo

[lmd88]

kaleidescopeeyes said:

caleb would care if she was lactose intolerant. i'm not just being naive here, i heard it straight from him. i mean he could've been pulling my leg but that's what he said. he said she hated milk and that at the time they were together he was on the road and she was in school (had problems with drinking milk and being school tardy) and she couldn't really relate to the things he was experiencing on the road. that that was part of the reason it didn't work out.

anyway, it's probably one of those times when he says one thing and means another but means the literal thing at the same time. does that make sense?

I was so confused, I read that as Lacoste intolerant...but then I read it closer...and I'm an idiot...and I don't know why I thought I should tell everyone. But NOW it makes sense

[mystery girl]

i read what you put as lactose intolerant the 1st time around and thought. that is what it said. you said LACOSTE that is hilarous

[tjc]

THis thread is so awesome - I have tried thinking what each song is about!

[katietill]

whoa now! don't be dissin' my friend milk. it's sooo good. unless you're talking about innuendo milk, then it's not. too salty. (andy--ignore) k i love milk w/ cookies.