The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like that. In fact, I'm usually trying to avoid saying something too directly, because usually that rings false anyway.
A lot of the lyrics I write involve images that just swing the song in a way that feels really good to me and there isn't a literal explanation. They're not riddles for the listener to solve.
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right.
'Alligator' was the first record that anyone paid attention to, and it seemed like it was the screamy songs that got us that attention.
