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The La Brea Tar Pits are a natural landmark and paleontological research site in Los Angeles, where natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years, preserving the bones of trapped animals over the centuries. In the song, Rivers Cuomo likens himself to animals going extinct after falling into tar. "I think it was a metaphor for me feeling like the world has evolved beyond me and I'm going extinct," Cuomo told Upset Magazine, "and no matter what I try to do, I'm just stuck here in this tar.