Driving up to Alaska, the narrator has no question as to whether or not he will get caught slinging the rocks, and by God he was right.

“Sex on the rocks” is having sex while on the drugs. Obviously, the drugs are making the sex hyper-euphoric, and they bleed (most likely from the nose) as a result of the drug use

One could say they….partied hard…zing…

There’s so much troubling Dylan that he would need a dump truck just to get it all off his mind.

A song that’s layered with driving-related imagery, Trucker’s Atlas is most likely a narrative written by vocalist Isaac Brock, in which he portrays a trucker, most likely selling amphetamines, cocaine, or any number of stimulants to his fellow colleagues (as truckers are known to do in real life)

The phrase “unload my head” is also likely drug related, or it is a reference to a similar, truck-related line in the Bob Dylan song *From A Buick 6*

All Brock wants is to be left alone, but this person keeps calling from miles away, and so Brock feels obligated to listen to him vent.

Of course, the person on the other line is drunk as a skunk so nothing that he’s saying is coherent.

Yet another Bukowski reference found on the record, Long Distance Drunk takes influence from a Bukowski Short story of the same name. Lead vocalist Isaac Brock seems to be getting a call from a drunken friend at 8 in the morning, and even though he is parleying with himself as to whether or not he should hang up the phone, he answers.

goddamnit, steve

A common theme on the Lonesome Crowded West is being all talk and no substance. However, up until this point vocalist Isaac Brock only accused others of such acts. In this verse, he admits that he himself is guilty of boozing up and talking about big ideas, but not acting on them.

Kittens breed in litters, so clearly Brock was giving a way a ton of opinions.

Even thought Cowboy Dan talks a big game about how important he thinks he is, in actuality nothing he does produces any real substance. The man is all talk.