| Widespread Panic – Climb To Safety Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'd have to agree with everyone this is one of my all-time favorite Panic songs! I really love the train metaphor. A close to derailing train really captures the intensity of fighting addiction, especially one as difficult as heroin. "Scream at the conductor, he's been deaf for 20 years" is really the addicted yelling at the intrinsic "self," as if he's having withdrawals and trying to scream to himself "STOP," but as anyone who's fought an addiction knows, mind over matter isn't easy. His mind is no longer listening to him. Half wants heroin, the other wants, and is fighting, to quit the drug. His every gear grinds trying. The way I mentally picture the song is a man with a needle about to shoot-up but trying so hard to not ("close to impact"). I debate with myself, as to whether the line "your reflective skin is fallin' off your bones" is commenting on the agony of withdrawal or the transition between addict to cured. As beowulf44 stated, water is defiantly the personified antagonist of this work. Water represents the addiction and Panic, the group as a whole, are trying to facilitate a way away from the water. "We can walk on water, like junkies swore they did" is an attempt at to easing the nerves, like saying "you can do it!" The junkies part confuses me a little, I'm not sure if it's referring to before they were junkies or if they're in denial. The line "mind his business and roll along as usual" is really "i guess this business will roll along as usual," which matters because it changes the tone from apathy to repetition, once again showing how long and grueling fighting addiction is and how important dedication is. THIS SONG IS AMAZING as is WIDESPREAD PANIC!!! |
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