| John Prine – Illegal Smile Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| ray killeen - what makes you think that life isn't an illusion? ;) | |
| Alice in Chains – Chemical Addiction Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Hmm where are the idiots who usually post on drug songs insisting they aren't really about drugs. Maybe they can't come up with some way to disprove the title of the song. | |
| Alice in Chains – Man In The Box Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Oh and another thing, wasn't the 3 legged dog named tripod? | |
| Alice in Chains – Man In The Box Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I love how a lot of these have the meaning as told by the writer, and then people go on to post shit basically saying, "No the writer is wrong. That is not what he wrote his own song about. I will proceed to tell the writer what the song he wrote is actually about." | |
| Uncle Kracker – Follow Me Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Well, at least on this song some of the posters know what it is really about. I just came from Black Crowes, "remedy" and no one even touched on the real meaning, they all thought it was a love song (or sex song). To all the people who said, "this song is pretty, its not about heroin, swim through your veins is a metaphor." Boy you guys are dumb. Ignoring the obvious references to heroin in this song is like ignoring a 500lb gorilla in the room. That said, feel free and use the song to relate to what you want, thats one of the great freedoms about music. But seriously, its not a matter of interpretation, you are just blocking out the part you don't like. REAL MEANING- (I know it's been said already) Yes the woman is cheating on her husband. But not with another man, with heroin. The words of the song, is the "heroin" speaking to her. |
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| The Black Crowes – Remedy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's funny what some of the thoughts are on a lot of these heroin songs. Next, I think I'll check out that one by Unkle Craker (sp?) you know..."follow me". Should be interesting. Sry double post > |
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| The Black Crowes – Remedy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is another song by the Black Crowes about a girl who is strung out on heroin. The guys part is supposed to be the words of "heroin" speaking to her. "Baby, baby, why can't you sit still?" is about how in withdrawal you become more and more uncomfortable until you can't seem to stop squirming to try to find a comfortable position which you will never find. (similar to how they describe restless leg syndrome on those commercials) The transition, "If I come on like a dream, will you let me show you what I mean, will you let me come inside, will you let it glide?" This all basically means, will she shoot some heroin (come inside, let it glide) so she won't feel dopesick anymore. The girl's part is the response. "Can I have some remedy, I'd take enough to please me." Basically she is saying "Yes, can I have some heroin?" "If I did have some heroin right now, not only would I use it to make myself stop being dopesick, I would take enough to get me really high." |
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| The Black Crowes – She Talks To Angels Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Everyone who said "there can't be just one meaning to a song...any number of interpretations...etc" You are all fooling yourselves. Songs are written with some kind of intention. Indeed, some songs are intentionally ambiguous and designed to inspire many different interpretations. This is not one of them. It is clear that the girl is addicted to heroin, possibly a little crazy, and that the writer is in love with her. If, for some people, the song means something else entirely. Then thats fine. Thats one of the wonderful things about music, the artist puts it out there and then you can use it as you see fit. But that doesn't mean he foresaw the coming popularity of emo girls cutting themselves or some nonsense. Oh and speaking of emo...that kid who said Black Crowes were the pioneers of emo...what an idiot. |
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| Steve Earle – Copperhead Road Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Yea the rumblin' sound would be the purr of the engine all souped up, and with straight pipes for exhaust after his father and uncle tore it down and rebuilt it into a rum runner. What I am wondering is this... In the first verse his grandfather is making moonshine out in the hollow on copperhead road. The IRS agent goes out to bust him for tax evasion. Then it says, "he never came back from copperhead road". So is the implication here that the grandfater kills the IRS guy and no one was ever the wiser? Then same idea... In the third verse the DEA helicopter buzzes him because he's growing pot. Then it says, "I wake up screamin like I'm back over there. I learned a thing or two from charlie don't ya know. You better stay away from copperhead road." So is this saying that he used some Viet Cong trick to take out the DEA helicopter flying over his pot? |
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