This one is a thought-provoking yet powerful song that addresses the issues of violence, division, and deception within society, particularly within the context of the United States. It talks of war and sacrifice, speaking of the historical tendency for nations to engage in a cycle of violence while touching on the disillusionment towards the concept of peace, suggesting that it is merely an illusion in a world where gunshots can be heard all night.
This one is a thought-provoking yet powerful song that addresses the issues of violence, division, and deception within society, particularly within the context of the United States. It talks of war and sacrifice, speaking of the historical tendency for nations to engage in a cycle of violence while touching on the disillusionment towards the concept of peace, suggesting that it is merely an illusion in a world where gunshots can be heard all night.
But in general, the song serves as a call to action, urging you to confront societal issues, challenge the status quo, and strive for a better...
But in general, the song serves as a call to action, urging you to confront societal issues, challenge the status quo, and strive for a better future. It's a critique of the violence, division, and deception that plague society, encouraging individuals to stand up against these injustices.
Life goes on ...it matters not your emotions (all messed up) Your own personal saving grace may be someone & then their emotions are another factor ("hope hes a good swimmer") You learn to live with/ even LOVE "(knows how to surf her") This song gives me some inspiration that life can be ok (getting away with it ) no matter how messy ...maybe even Live like dolphins !!
Life goes on ...it matters not your emotions (all messed up) Your own personal saving grace may be someone & then their emotions are another factor ("hope hes a good swimmer") You learn to live with/ even LOVE "(knows how to surf her") This song gives me some inspiration that life can be ok (getting away with it ) no matter how messy ...maybe even Live like dolphins !!
for some odd reason this was my favorite song when I was 17 and just got my license, driving around suburban NJ smoking pot.
for some odd reason this was my favorite song when I was 17 and just got my license, driving around suburban NJ smoking pot.
Very deep song. Incredible, as we can all agree. This song encompasses true drug addiction, and my interpretation is the song is speaking as the drug.
Very deep song. Incredible, as we can all agree. This song encompasses true drug addiction, and my interpretation is the song is speaking as the drug.
“I'm an ocean in your bedroom Make you feel warm Make you want to re-assume Now we know it all for sure”
“I'm an ocean in your bedroom Make you feel warm Make you want to re-assume Now we know it all for sure”
Here is where it begins. The drug being consumed in the users bedroom, alone, symbolising a grappling of true addiction.
Here is where it begins. The drug being consumed in the users bedroom, alone, symbolising a grappling of true addiction.
“I'm a dance hall dirty break beat Make the snow fall Up from underneath your feet Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
“I'm a dance hall dirty break beat Make the snow fall Up from underneath your feet Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
The drug being consumed...
The drug being consumed in clubs and bars, the user partying on it as well as taking it at home. The snow falling up suggests a rush of some kind. The drug is also speaking to the user, telling him he is not alone, as he is with the drug.
“I'm a meth lab first rehab Take it all off And step inside the running cab There's a love that knows the way”
This is sort of obvious. “Meth lab”, suggesting the user has graduated to a sort of more intense use of the drug, now actually creating it himself. “First rehab”, meaning he was in rehab before he moved on the meth lab. This is very powerful. It symbolises the drugs intensely strong hold on the user. “Take it all off and step inside the running cab”, could mean the abandonment of sobriety after leaving rehab. “There’s a love that knows the way”, is exactly how it sounds. The love the user has for the drug comes over anything else, causing him to lose everything around him, piece by piece.
“I'm the rainbow in your jail cell All the memories of Everything you've ever smelled Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
“The rainbow” could be symbolising either the memory/anticipation of the drug, the drug itself being in the jail cell, or something even more sinister, like the beginning of a mental illness “All the memories you’ve ever smelled”, may mean the memory of the drugs the user has taken and a sort of reliving memory he lives through in his mind as he lays there in captivity
“Sideways falling More will be revealed my friend Don't forget me I can't hide it Come again get me excited”
“Sideways falling”, the user is falling deeper and deeper into a state of addiction and also perhaps insanity “More will be revealed my friend”, suggests there is more to come, and the drug is so strongly wrapped around the user “Don’t forget me I can’t hide it, come again get me excited” Means no matter how long the user is kept from the drug, the drug waits for him to come back, reminding him of their “love”
“I'm an inbred and a pothead Two legs that you spread Inside the tool shed Now we know it all for sure”
This is an interesting part of the song. I’d say it’s the shock factor of the words, revealing the drug to be sickening and outrageous, something that is no longer a secret to the user, as the user has grown so deep in his addiction. “Two legs that you spread inside the tool shed”, symbolises the user either engaging in sexually degrading acts for the drug, or being a “slut for the drug”; meaning a heavy user.
“I could show you To the free field Overcome and more Will always be revealed Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
This could mean the drug is suggesting a world of freedom - but not in the way most would see it. The drug has become so powerful within the users mind, that they are now hypnotised by its words, unable to see what is truly free and what is a prison of the drug.
“Sideways falling More will be revealed my friend Don’t forget me I can’t hide it There's a match now let me light it”
The match could be symbolic of a trigger, or a gateway to the drug, lighting the addiction. Or it could be literal, the match needed to light the spoon for shooting up.
“I'm the bloodstain On your shirt sleeve Coming down and more are coming to believe Now we know it all for sure”
“The bloodstain” is the evidence of the users shooting up, the user experiencing a comedown and those around him are seeing the atrocity the drug has truly had on him. Anyone already denying his drug use finally accepts the extent of his addiction, or perhaps the loss of his sanity.
“Make the hair stand Up on your arm Teach you how to dance Inside the funny farm Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
The drug or memory of the drug gives the user chills, and he dances in the insane asylum due to holding on to the relationship with the drug. Or, the drug is now his insanity. Perhaps he was always insane, but was using drugs to mask it/cope. Without the drug, his insanity is revealed. Many interpretations are within these lyrics.
Faces shares the same theme as Footprints. The song touches on the balance between being what is expected of you as a man and the urge to need to express your emotions. The song expresses frustration at not being able to blend the two together the way he dreamed it to be. He's created a 'face' for someone. His partner sees through his 'face'. The relationship begins to deteriorates as a result, but he continues to dig himself deeper, losing who he is in the process.
Faces shares the same theme as Footprints. The song touches on the balance between being what is expected of you as a man and the urge to need to express your emotions. The song expresses frustration at not being able to blend the two together the way he dreamed it to be. He's created a 'face' for someone. His partner sees through his 'face'. The relationship begins to deteriorates as a result, but he continues to dig himself deeper, losing who he is in the process.
It's probably saying that things change but stay the same. We don't know who Samantha is except that she's probably not anyone else mentioned in the song. Maybe she's the family's little girl in 1921, baby's older sister. In 1981 she is in her 60s or 70s and observing the same scene. Or perhaps other people now live in the house, but the same things play out 60 years later.
It's probably saying that things change but stay the same. We don't know who Samantha is except that she's probably not anyone else mentioned in the song. Maybe she's the family's little girl in 1921, baby's older sister. In 1981 she is in her 60s or 70s and observing the same scene. Or perhaps other people now live in the house, but the same things play out 60 years later.
Unrequited love has been the theme of so many good songs. Mostly because i relate to them the most at this point in my life. The one who got away, met her at 23 in 2020 and I played this on guitar for her. She dumped me because I was a piece of shit March 2021. Blocked me on everything. The whole time ive been praying and trying to be a better man for me, and ultimately id love to have this amazing woman back in my life. However we reconnected back in january slowly started talking again, and shes...
Unrequited love has been the theme of so many good songs. Mostly because i relate to them the most at this point in my life. The one who got away, met her at 23 in 2020 and I played this on guitar for her. She dumped me because I was a piece of shit March 2021. Blocked me on everything. The whole time ive been praying and trying to be a better man for me, and ultimately id love to have this amazing woman back in my life. However we reconnected back in january slowly started talking again, and shes coming to visit her mom in the Fall. Shes going to come see me too. I haven't been waiting all my life for you Emma, but the moment i get to see your precious smile, The rest of it will have been complete. I prayed for years.. He must have his kost powerful angel helping, because im able to talk to his most beautiful angel once again.
Money for rope? Momey for dope? What does he mean by that?
Money for rope? Momey for dope? What does he mean by that?
It's either about marital lust (according to www.wikipedia.org), or a couple who do everything together, which raises eyebrows of their friends and family members.
It's either about marital lust (according to www.wikipedia.org), or a couple who do everything together, which raises eyebrows of their friends and family members.
For me, I find this song incredibly sad. I feel it tells the story of a woman in a new marriage who is realising the person they married is not the person they fell in love with, and she is questioning how this can be real. It's a sad, and scary song to me. Sifting through the grain of gold - looking for something precious in the marriage. Is he real or a ghost lie - What's happening ? - this person she married, he can't be real - this can't be real Veil tears and rages - marriage (wedding veil)...
For me, I find this song incredibly sad. I feel it tells the story of a woman in a new marriage who is realising the person they married is not the person they fell in love with, and she is questioning how this can be real. It's a sad, and scary song to me. Sifting through the grain of gold - looking for something precious in the marriage. Is he real or a ghost lie - What's happening ? - this person she married, he can't be real - this can't be real Veil tears and rages - marriage (wedding veil) The bride is angry and devastated Until her voices are remembered - she's been silenced in all ways Prays for a prankster and lust in the marriage bed - Again, like the real or ghost lie line - IS HE FOR REAL, IS THIS ALL A JOKE? She prays this is all a joke, she feels tricked (the reality of marriage with this man is not what she thought it would be) and that she just wants him to say, here, I am wife, I was just pranking you, that wasn't really me who's changed so much and left you feeling so cold. And if she has nothing else to cling to, she's saying, well I hope the sex is good anyway (lust in the marriage bed) as if that's all that's left.