AKA Driver: The Long, Dangerous Road to Understanding One Song

For years I misunderstood AKA Driver. Turns out, the answer was painfully simple. A They Might Be Giants song breakdown you didn’t know you needed.

The First Time I Heard AKA Driver

When I first heard AKA Driver, I was certain that once I obtained my driver’s license, everything about it would finally click into place. There was this vague idea of a long road trip. What is an AKA driver? What’s a “NyQuil Driver”? How would it feel to drive somewhere (anywhere) while this song played?

All I needed to …