Route


Scorching, rusty, and catchy... This loud, garage rock, guitar- driven track really sets in the album's dusty Midwestern feel. The tune deals with the fact that many people are never really satisfied with their current conditions, whether it be occupation, relationship, or what seems to be most evident in this song, the region of the country in which one is living. Jay seems to be saying that we can act on our feelings and move to the place that makes us happiest, though often times we do not. And then if we do, "we're all living proof that nothing lasts." The song seems to state one of my point-of-views pretty bluntly as well. That being that in the quiet rural South, away from the noise and hectic ways of the big city, one can really get to know themselves, and even "leave themselves behind" so to speak. One of my favorite lines in any song is, "Southbound you can taste the weather, it feels like home..."
Reality, it burns The way we were living is worse The pillars of inspiration are all falling down The clean-up won't work while the fallout goes on And it's now or never, too close to the latter We're all living proof that nothing lasts Standing in the neutral zone Living on sleep deprivation The rural route sleeps while the city bleeds all over itself Over the falls in the barrel is where the answers have gone (Chorus) And it's now or never, too close to the latter We're all living proof that nothing lasts And it's here for now, transient tomorrow We're all living proof that nothing lasts Another road remains, but it provides no more It can only take us away Southbound, you can taste the weather It feels like home (Chorus)


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