Nico and the Niners

Basically, "Nico and the Niners" is a dark tale about a fictional character named Clancy living a miserable life in Dema. The city is governed by nine evil bishops, whose sole objective is to prohibit the inhabitants of the city from leaving the city. Eventually, Clancy, whose primary objective is to leave the area, gets support from a rebel group called the Banditos. By urging him to put on a yellow jumpsuit so he can not be noticed by the priests, the Banditos help him escape the evil city, who see anything coloured in yellow, who find it impossible to see anything in yellow. This song is about depression and mental illness. It teaches us that, unless we allow them, the Bishops (depression, negative feelings, anxiety, etc.) do not have the power to rule us. It teaches us that we can ask for help and finally escape from our depression. The lyrics go on to say that not everyone held prisoner in Dema gets the chance to flee like Clancy, despite the song assuring people that they can overcome their demons (depression) and be free. Some would never manage to escape from the bishops. What this suggests is that not everyone who fights depression can find results which are reinforced in the line  "We're going to win, but not everyone is going to get out”. "East is up, I’m fearless when I hear this on the low... I’m careless when I wear my rebel clothes When Bishops come together they will know that Dema doesn’t control us...” Either the sun is rising in the east, or it could mean that time has run up in the east, and it's getting dark. I assume it's a reference to the fact that they are approaching their pre-planned escape time. The adrenaline pumps and as the escape is close at hand, he becomes "fearless". "In his "rebel clothes" "Careless" refers to the clothes with the yellow tape we saw in the music video of the Jumpsuit that they would wear to escape and the fact that he is so prepared or excited or nervous to escape that he is less vigilant than needed by the risky circumstance. “What I say when I want to be enough what a beautiful day for making a break for it, we’ll find a way to pay for it, maybe from all the money we made razorblade stores rent a racehorse, and force a sponsor And start a concert, a complete diversion, start a mob and you can be quite certain we’ll win but not everyone will get out” "What I say when I want to be enough" is talking about both the things he tells the banditos when he needs to "be enough" to prevent them from doing something bad and what he says to them and himself when he wishes to "be enough" to provide a good escape for them as a leader. "What a wonderful day to make a break for it" means that the escape is ready to begin. However, the idea of the horrors they have to commit to escape quickly misdirects him. We get to hear what he says to explain the harm they're going or have to do (to the innocent people of Dema, to the Bishops). I don't think he's referring to money when he says "we'll find a way to pay for it," I think he's referring to "paying for it" as paying penance for the sins or crimes he must perform in order to escape. "Maybe from all the money we made" refers to real cash that I think was received while living in Dema. Finally, I assume that "razor-blade stores" are an independent second thought written on the same line as the money statement, but I don't think it's a shop selling razor blades. I think a set of razor blades, the ones that will be used in the escape.  As seen with the line "force a sponsor," they can force others to assist with the escape by intimidation or by threat. The next 2 lines explain the distractions that must now occur for the escape to be a success. This likely pre-planned diversion could be within or outside Dema with the support of others.