The song is about a near overdose on cocaine. Conor has fought with addiction for a while, there are numerous references in past songs, as is this song. When you overdoes you heart races, you panic, you breath heavy, and pretty much feel like your going to die.
Here are a few coke references from various songs.
"So we can talk in circles around a dirty mirror
Night trickles down our throats"
-Well Whiskey
"And your parents noticied your thinning face
All the weight you lost
All the weight you are losing"
A line allows progress, a circle does not
(title itself is a reference)
"Because we paint the foil with the flame
Smear the soda, taste butane"
Down a rabbit hole
"And all those white lines that sped us up"
-Gold Mine Gutted
"Stab the ice with a straw"
-hit the switch
"You said they laid out lots of coke
But you don't know how much you did"
-I'll be your friend
"You're looking skinny like a model
With your eyes all painted black
Keep going to the bathroom
Always say you'll be right back
Well, it takes one to know one, kid
I think you've got it bad
But what's so easy in the evening
By the morning's such a drag"
-Lua
"I wish I saved up for rainy days
Because they're the hardest to be dry
I got no self control
I'm always begging into telephones
I bought a little from my brother's friend
Well, just to get me by
I don't trust his cut
The effect is never as high as the mark-up"
Spent on rainy days
"I get cocaine from this girl I met"
The Joy in Forgetting...
"she always wants to know where her money goes but will shell it out for filling up her nose"
Desaparecidos - Hole in one
"Coca-cola dripping down my throat"
Not sure which song
"And a season to sleep
And a place to get clean"
"Full of fever dreams that scare me sober
Into saltless dinners"
Cleanse song
also I'm wide awake it's morning
Some of these might no seem clear to people who have never used cocaine, but if you have you understand everyone of them
The song is about a near overdose on cocaine. Conor has fought with addiction for a while, there are numerous references in past songs, as is this song. When you overdoes you heart races, you panic, you breath heavy, and pretty much feel like your going to die.
Here are a few coke references from various songs.
"So we can talk in circles around a dirty mirror Night trickles down our throats" -Well Whiskey
"And your parents noticied your thinning face All the weight you lost All the weight you are losing"
"Because we paint the foil with the flame Smear the soda, taste butane"
"And all those white lines that sped us up" -Gold Mine Gutted
"Stab the ice with a straw" -hit the switch
"You said they laid out lots of coke But you don't know how much you did" -I'll be your friend
"You're looking skinny like a model With your eyes all painted black Keep going to the bathroom Always say you'll be right back Well, it takes one to know one, kid I think you've got it bad But what's so easy in the evening By the morning's such a drag" -Lua
"I wish I saved up for rainy days Because they're the hardest to be dry I got no self control I'm always begging into telephones I bought a little from my brother's friend Well, just to get me by I don't trust his cut The effect is never as high as the mark-up"
"I get cocaine from this girl I met"
"she always wants to know where her money goes but will shell it out for filling up her nose"
"Coca-cola dripping down my throat"
"And a season to sleep And a place to get clean"
"Full of fever dreams that scare me sober Into saltless dinners"
also I'm wide awake it's morning
Some of these might no seem clear to people who have never used cocaine, but if you have you understand everyone of them