 The Front Bottoms The Front Bottoms is one of the best bands in a while. I haven’t been able to stop listening to their song “Twin Size Mattress” and I just watched the music video now, and it made it even more poignant and beautiful. The lyrics are phenomenal and the music is flawless. It’s a true masterpiece. It opens up with “This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my friends bodies. When the flood water comes, it ain’t gonna be clear. It’s gonna look like mud. But I will help you swim. I will help you swim. I’m gonna help you swim.” I automatically got chills. Then, the sound gets stronger and it picks up. “This is for the snakes and the people they bite; for the friends I’ve made; for the sleepless nights; for the warning signs I’ve completely ignored. There’s an amount to take, reasons to take more.” It’s pure poetry; his voice dances atop the music and these lyrics hit hard. As if all the emotion and gorgeous lyricism wasn’t enough, then comes a bit of humor. “This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night and it should’ve felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind.” And after that quip, there’s a change- “Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face.” It’s just stunning. The last line, after all this, is desperation. It is powerful and haunting. “And my nightmares will have nightmares every night. Oh, every night. Every night.” It leaves you empty, but in the best way. The shouting of this line makes it feel so much like a sigh of relief, like everything is okay. As for the video, it is visually beautiful. In black and white, the emotion really pours out and all the concert shots and footage of the guys hanging out is adorable. It feels so real, and almost brings a tear to my eyes. It’s, in a word, perfection. My theory is kind of far-fetched, but I interpret it as about the troubled teen industry.
The people who created the industry and the parents who send their children to the camps.
all the friends they made at camp and all the nights they were afraid to sleep because they didn't know what would happen next.
Their parents probably warned them a couple times to behave or change or they'll be sent away but they didn't listen or they didn't think their parents would actually do something like that.
actually this makes me think its about drugs, but in context of my story I can see a man getting off of beating and abusing kids.
When they closed their eyes and prayed you would change And they cut your hair and sent you away these are the lines that made me think about the troubled teen industry the most.
Maybe the kid was put into situations where they were set up to grow up into someone that is considered "troubled" like being in the wrong crowd, getting bad grades etc.. or maybe they weren't troubled at all just something that their parents didn't approve of like being gay.
And they cut your hair and sent you away the parents prayed that their child would become a better person or that the kid would change into what they would want them to be and when there were no more options left they sent them away to a troubled teen camp.
the kid made a friend in the camp and that friend had enough of the abuse and decided to escape the camp he stopped by the kid's house to say goodbye.
they were really close friends and each others support, it's what kept them strong enough to survive an the kid probably knew that the escape would probably be unsuccessful and the friend would get severe punishment for it that would result in serious injury.
the friend was tired of the abuse an couldn't stand it any longer he had to get away. He loved the kid but not enough to endure the abuse any longer.
Maybe shake a tambourine, or when I sing, you sing harmonies The kid back home was a outcast, a background character and that's why he acted out because he needed more attention.
Naked and dumb on a drunken night And it should've felt good, but I could hear the "Jaws" theme song On repeat in the back of my mind he sneaked out in the middle of the might to go have fun with his friends but he knew the consequences that would follow when he got back home. he knew what he was doing was wrong but he was a stupid teenager just doing things normal teenagers would do. he knew that the consequences would be worse than a scolding from his parents.
so i have two theories here: 1: a kid at camp decided to punch him because they got into an argument. "kiss your knuckles" i feel like is to say " be prepared for the consequences of your actions" 2: a supervisor at camp punched him and the " kiss your knuckles" is to say that he knew the supervisor got off on abusing the teens and that he hoped that he knew what he was doing.
he got punched because he said something that wasn't supposed to be talked about at camp.
I will not be brave The people at camp who abuse the teens have a look in their eyes and a facial expression that tell you they enjoy doing it and he will not stand up to them and try to change them because he knows they have more authority than he does.
I don't wanna watch and then complain He doesn't want to contribute in helping these people that claim to help your child he wants to save them,he wants to tell someone what's happening but has been silences by the camp
To sleep on a twin-size mattress In somebody's attic or basement my whole life Never graduating up in size to add another And my nightmares will have nightmares every night Oh, every night, every night when he finally got back home and wasn't changed his Moher was disappointed and hoped he would be unsuccessful his whole life. The experience he had was so traumatising he would have nightmares about them and about the camp every night. this theory is far fetched but the troubled teen industry is not, its a real thing that's still very much alive today, as i'm typing this there are kids in camps being beaten,starved, overworked and so much more because they were labeled as "troubled". if you want to know more i suggest reading this: https://www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal/spring-2022/troubled-teen-industry-and-its-effects-oral-history/ This account on tiktok speaks about survivors:@breakingcodesilence this is a video exsplaines the troubled teen industry: https://youtu.be/43MliWwntrU |
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