Dave Matthews Shares the Stories Behind "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King"

"Time Bomb"
I'm excited about "Time Bomb." That's a real song, I think about different things that it means for me, that deals with the death of God, in a way, just the idea. What would happen to people? Would it be too bad? Not for me, I was already there, but what would happen to all those people who believe, if there was something that happened that made it impossible for God to exist? That's why I like the idea of "If Martians fell from the sky, what would that do to God?" "Wait a second ... everything changes now." So now it's not just this little circle in the middle of the giant universe, now it's the giant universe. That's why I like "Time Bomb," I really like that opening line. That was a song that Roi liked. I was in the studio with Roi, and I always liked this thing. [Plays and sings] "Baby on my way home, I pick you up a bottle of wine." It was a sweet little love song, but it was still sad. Then he said, "You have another bar for it?" I just went into it, and he was really psyched about it, but we never approached it again. Then later on, after he died, we went back to it, and it changed its personality. I like "Time Bomb" because everyone thinks I'm such a regular guy.

"Baby Blue"
"Baby Blue" is about Roi, about a lot of things. I sort of smashed things together, but it's about death, in a way, or loss. It's one clean, simple idea of, "See you later."

"You and Me"
After saying goodbye on "Baby Blue," it's sort of like a birth song, that "We can do anything" song. It's a little pick me up.