| The Kills – Black Balloon Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Sounds like a heroin reference to me too. First, it's black. At least tar heroin is. And frequently sold in balloons. But it's usually just a little bit of balloon tip tied up into a tiny little hobo sack-like thing. Not like, a whole balloon. Nothing big enough to tie off with. Unless... but what indie band has the kind of money to buy enough drugs that they come in whole balloons?? And I don't know about tying off with balloons anyway. That just sounds stupid. Especially since there are so many other, free tieing-off devices around, but who knows. Maybe people do this. I would have just used a belt or a scarf or something laying around. Buying balloons to serve a purpose that can be served by the procurement of free objects does not sound like typical junkie behavior to me, but again, who knows. Maybe people do this for aesthetic reasons. Especially if they happen to sell dope and just have a lot of balloons lying around. Second, have you seen them? They couldn't look more like the Royal Trux if they tried. Biggest junkie band ever, maybe. Third, the Goo Goo Dolls song. If I had to guess, I'd say the black was the dope. The balloon was the little thing it came in. It's a nice metaphor though- empty hole, being high- all that. Maybe saying "Farewell... let the weather have it's way with you" is a figurative way of being zen-like about the whole thing. The wind could blow it away... or it could also blow it right back in your lap. Plus, she was in a band called Dead Weather. Maybe they did a lot of drugs together and that was her way of saying goodbye to it all or whatever. Or maybe she was just lamenting the empty balloon. Who knows. Someone should ask them! |
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