| Traffic – Feelin' Alright Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song is one of the best songs about "divorce" ever written. The first line should be "Seems I've got to have a change of SCENE" and the verse goes on to discuss being tortured by thoughts of how things might have turned out better. The chorus is just asking the girl if she feels as bad as the singer does. The second verse discusses how it is time to move on. The final line, in all the Traffic and Dave Mason (who I believe wrote the song) versions, is "Cause there's too much to do before I SIGN"; which is why I feel this is about divorce specifically and not just a breakup. (The Joe Cocker "hack job" of this song *does* use the words "before I DIE" but then I think Joe basically missed the point of the song.) The final verse is possibly about the girl asking to reconcile and the singer telling her find some other sap, but I am not sure about this; it might just be about his acceptance of moving on. |
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| Traffic – The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I have no source for this interpretation but it seems apparent to me that this song is about the darker side of the music "industry". The first verse, "If you see something that looks like a star..." introduces the "star" and offers the warning at the end to aspiring musicians to be careful what you wish for because you might just get it. The verse continues this theme, that fame carries with it a dear cost. The "man in the suit" is the agent (or A&R rep) who takes the lion's share of the money produced by the music. The part about the man being shot with a gun that didn't make any noise is about the prevalence of drug usage and, specifically, shooting up heroine. "But it wasn't the bullet..." says that the drugs aren't really to blame, it is the evils (low spark) of fame and fortune (high-heeled boys) that are the real peril. The second verse merely asks the question (of the famous, drug-using star) was it all worth it? If you had it to do over again, would you change anything? And then goes on to, once again, warn the aspiring musician, "Is this really what you want?" The final verse is directed towards the agent (or, at least, suggests that the aspiring star be suspicious of the agent), and asks, "If I give you control of my music, can I trust you?". |
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