'Living Underground' came from a mishmash of different influences in the same such as the old 70s McCartney tune 'Hands Across the Water', some Levon Helm and 'The Band' and maybe even Can't Buy a Thrill era Steely Dan .... Like most of my tunes, I wish I had added some more things to it like a Garth Hudson clavinova patched through a wah pedal, some brass reinforcing the backup vocals on the chorus, etc. However, that would have breached my committment to its simplicity, and I think the song shines as a result.

The lyrical content is about not chasing money and a light hearted take on a non-religious version of Jesus in modern day life. Its a presumption on what his perspective might be on our materialistic priorities that keeps six feet underground in worry, stress, jealousy, competitiveness and isolation from each other. The line 'stone cold lampin' comes from a Public Enemy lyric that Flava Flav sings - apparently its an urban term used to describe a ' hood' hanging by a street lamp light conducting some sort illegal biz for the money, money, money ...