Davideo compares smoking marijuana to the reincarnation of the mythical creature known as the phoenix. The phoenix was a sacred fire bird found in the mythology of a great number of cultures, and it’s said that the bird would burst into flames and burn to ashes at the end of its life, only to be reborn from the pile of ashes left behind.

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Carrying over the “Hey Arnold!” reference from the previous line, Davideo finds common ground between the main character’s nickname of “Football Head” and slang for Xanax in reference to the shape of some pills being close to that of a football.

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P.S. One-Eighteen is a reference to the public school that the characters in the Nickelodeon cartoon “Hey Arnold!” attend. This reference carries over into the next line, where Davideo references the main character Arnold, who was constantly called “Football Head” based on the shape of his head.

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Following this line, the song contains every letter of the alphabet, whether spoken directly or phonetically as a syllable of a different word (like “S” in “esoteric”). This is to play off the claim that the current state of music is one of ignorance, turning the very basic and simple concept of reciting the alphabet and turning it into something much more intelligent and symbolic. The letter “Y” is absent, however, and Davideo explained this by saying, “The reason being is that I don’t ever have to say ‘why’, get it?”.

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At a time, there were rumors about Davideo being hooked on ecstasy (aka E), yet those accusations were false. Davideo has only ever admitted to smoking marijuana, and here makes a reference to a popular type of weed known as OG Kush.

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Another reference to the current state of the music industry, Davideo states here that writing this type of lyrically intelligent and thought provoking music won’t pay off, and will be considered a loss (L) rather than a win (W).

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Davideo claims that the music industry and those artists within it dumb themselves down to appeal to a larger, less intelligent audience.

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A reference to the Cartoon Network series Dexter’s Laboratory as well as a subliminal jab at mainstream music. See the explanation of “Omelette du fromage” for more.

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French for “omelette with cheese” and a reference to an episode of the Cartoon Network series Dexter’s Laboratory in which Dexter falls asleep listening to a French language tape that skips and continuously plays the same line while he sleeps. In the morning he has lost all speaking capability except for saying “omelette du fromage.” This not only coincides with the ending of the previous couplet that states “put you to sleep but stay in your head” but also is a reference to the monotony of mainstream radio music being repetitive and boring enough to put the listener to sleep, but at the same time can easily get stuck in one’s head.

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The final single from Davideo’s debut mixtape “DIFFERENT”, The Admiral’s Lounge is a quick introspective interlude that touches on several different thoughts and subjects using some intense metaphor at times.

The video was filmed mostly as a service to the fans that spent months asking for it. After several failed attempts at other video treatments, Davideo decided to take the visual project in a different direction and finished the entire music video in less than 24 hours entirely on his own.

The beat was produced by Kid Vision.

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