Song meaning
Brett: "Kerosene is a song basically, it is also a protest song, but it's a song describing what would happen if homeless people would join together and form into revolution."[1]
"Kerosene is about homeless people finally organizing and rising up against the government".[2]
References
^ Roger Vulture interview with Brett (1996)
^ The New Review, vol. 1, no. 4 (1994)