Thrice All American

1. “Buildings are empty like ghettos or ghost-towns.”

    “Well I don’t make it home much, I sadly neglect you”

2.    “I can’t seem to fathom the dark of my history”

    “I’m in the league with the gangs, guns, and the crime”

South Tacoma Way

1. “Couldn’t pay my respects to a dead man.”

    “I can’t comprehend the ways I miss you.”

2.   “And I chased away with sticks and stones.”

    “But that rage kept following me.”

Star Witness

1. “My true love drowned in an old dirty pan.”

    “There were no survivors.”

2.   “Hey there there’s such deadly wolves ‘round town tonight”

    “They don't even put on the sirens.”

I think Neeko has a bitter feeling towards the town. She is torn because of how she relates the town to the death of her true love, “my true love died in a dirty old pan.” Also because of this death she has began to have unfamiliar feelings towards the town, “buildings are empty like ghettos or ghost-towns.” At the same time she also misses and loves her town, which is shown through the lyrics  “Well I don’t make it home much, I sadly neglect you” and “it’s a dusty old jewel.”