Rust is usually red. So is blood. Rust is an iron oxide. Why is blood red? Iron in the blood.

Rust is the product of oxidization; it’s a destructive breaking down of metals from exposure to moist air and/or water.

This one phrase, “sweat my rust” is so potentially convoluted, it’s hard to unravel.

He may be sweating blood, a rare condition encountered when one faces extreme stress. Jesus was reported to have sweated blood.

Near the end of the song he says, “We’ll paint it red to fit right in.” He mentioned a flag and his clothes, and a revolution. Is he talking about communism or socialism?

“Deep in my bones, straight from inside”

Guess where blood platelets are produced? Bone marrow.

Extreme stress, chemicals, sweating blood, radioactivity.

I think this song is really about undergoing treatment for cancer. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

He definitely says checking out on the prison bus, think about it… the song is about the ‘masses’ and it is about creating a revolution, waking people up and starting a massive group effort to change – to create a ‘new age’.

The song is about a ‘movement’ so – in effect, when he speaks about ‘checking out out on the prison bus’ this is about the ‘daily grind’ if you will – the prison bus, when one ‘checks in and out’ for work with their card, the strict control that they have over people… when he ‘checks out’ of the prison bus he is rebelling against it’s controlling ways, he is ‘checking out’ and ‘donning his clothes’ and ‘putting up his flags’ because he is saying enough is enough, start a movement…

It’s definitely and checking out of the prison bus.

The New Age is an awaking to the true self, perhaps a the Metaphysical.
I’m waking up to ash and dust; this is the physical body when it dies (ash and dust)(to be born out of the physical)
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust; the refers to the exhaustion of life and the system of being in prison to government and debt (challenges of physical survival)
I’m breathing in the chemicals; The intoxication of capitalism and the spell placed on it’s people
I’m breaking in, shaping up, checking out on the prison bus; breaking in is going within to know the true self. shaping up; is the realization of… and true expression of Self.
then checking out on the prison bus; Is leaving all the deception and false beliefs of capitalism or the world behind.
I raise my flags, dye my clothes
It’s a revolution, I suppose
We’ll paint it red to fit right in; Is about falling back into the trap and spell of the old life and the prison of temptations he left behind.
I’m breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse; APOCALYPSE means the “awakening” He awakens from the prison in which he was kept to the “New Age”.
All systems go, sun hasn’t died
Deep in my bones, straight from inside; This means, It’s not too late for you the sun hasn’t died. THE ANSWER IS DEEP WITHIN THE SELF.

Everyone should love this song!

I feel like this song has a subtle link to solvent abuse.

The songs starts very chilled out like you are when you take the first sniff. Then all of a sudden the mood darkens and the beat gets heavier. This is when the chemicals take place.

I’m waking up to ash and dust
He’s realising he’s no longer with us

I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
The physical signs are becoming noticeable

I’m breathing in the chemicals
Doesn’t really need to be explained does it?

I’m breaking in shaking up I’m checking out of my prison bus
He has got in trouble for drugs in the past and is now discovering new legal yet dangerous highs

This is it the apocalypse
He is noticing everyone around him (teens) are becoming self destructive and its the begging of the end for most of them

I’m waking up I feel it in my bones
The chemicals have given him a kick yet make him feel ill

Enough to make my system blow
He’s aware of the dangers

Welcome to the new age to the new ages
Teenagers have now become troubled (maybe depressed) and the only way to escape there problems is f
Through dangerous and risky habbits (smoking drugs aresols alcohol self harm)

Whoa whoa I’m radioactive radioactive
Under the influence of drugs/alcohol/aresols

Whoa whoa I’m radioactive radioactive

I raise my flag dark my clothes
He has become a rebolius possibly gothic young adult

It’s a revolution I suppose
The people who were once kids have transformed

We’ll paint it red to fit right in
Self mutilation reference? Painting there wrists red?

All systems go the sun hasn’t died
Finally letting go of there problems and facing the real world

Deep in my bones straight from inside
Learning to love and accept themselves

This is just my personal observation

“I raise my flags, stack my clothes”

The song is art
The artist is spot on.
Artists tend to reflect the pulse
of the true nature of the world around us
This song has a very ominous beat
It is emotionless on a very emotional chaotic cataclysmic,
It almost says it’s inevitable right around the corner.
Nobody really cares about stopping it, so lets sing a really cool song.

Its more than awesome
Its out of this world

Could “paint it red” also be a reference to blood?

I would propose that the theme of the song is from the POV of someone who is newly incarcerated. I explained what I mean in the suggestions to the annotations. What do you all think?