男主是以Jesus of Suburbia自居的青年,他说自己是"the son of rage and love",rage和love即爱与恨,是贯穿整首专辑的主题。专辑写爱与恨在人心里矛盾共存,为爱与恨各塑造了一个意象:代表恨的是St.Jimmy,代表爱的是Whatsername。St.Jimmy在St.Jimmy中出现,在Homecoming里被Jesus of Suburbia杀死了;Whatsername在She's a rebel里出现,在Letterbomb里走出Jesus of Suburbia的世界,她说:"You're not the Jesus of Suburbia The St. Jimmy is a figment of Your father's rage and your mother's love Made me the idiot America"。