Meanings of Songs

[weeniebeenie]

But where does the x-mas girl that lives inside your womb part come in?

To me, this part is actually about the love for christmas that everyone has inside of them because of all the shit they're gonna get. It's personified as a girl because we're all like giddy school-girls when it comes to opening presents, and we all have this childhood perfect idea of what Christmas should be.
I think Jim is saying christmas is a bad thing because of all the mass-consumerism. People are blinded to bad things in the world (such as drug addicts that need help) by the 'christmas curtain,' a sort of veil that goes over their eyes as they just try to buy lots of shit and don't notice anything else. That's how they're criminals, yet jj and his friend j are also criminals because of more obvious crimes (yet not obvious to zombie consumers).
That's how I interpret the whole song. Does that make sense? Did I leave anything out?

I never thought of it like that.
It's an interesting way to put it.

[AllyDee]

that consumerism explanation would also justify the line "you pay to get behind her christmas curtain" very well

[user_FKA_webmoster]

What do you guys think the meaning of Gideon is?

[el_chode]

What do you guys think the meaning of Gideon is?

I forget if I said it in this thread or not, but I took it as a criticism of people with power and influence, maybe even one particular person, who usurp spirituality and faith into something it isn't, making it hated when it should be loved, and the song is a voice of those people who had this taken from them, telling the usurpers "c'mon!"

[Laid Low]

I'm pretty sure it is about not buying into all the religious stuff some people are preaching about today.  google "gideon" and you get a whole mess of stuff about this group called "Gideon" who are evangelical christains and distribute the bible and stuff.

"Gideon what have you taught us at all?"

maybe referring to the bible?

[AMightyCaporal]

I'm pretty sure it is about not buying into all the religious stuff some people are preaching about today.  google "gideon" and you get a whole mess of stuff about this group called "Gideon" who are evangelical christains and distribute the bible and stuff.

"Gideon what have you taught us at all?"

maybe referring to the bible?

you know those bibles that you see in hotel rooms? thats the Gideon Bible, hotels keep them in there because they dont want to be stomping on anyones religion and get bad press for it.