| Manic Street Preachers – Black Dog on My Shoulder Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is about depression, nothing more and nothing less. There are several references that point this out. "Black Dog on my shoulder", yes. Winston Churchill referred to depression being the black dog on his shoulder, and this has to many become a way of referring to the illness. "My mouth is so dry" Dryness of the mouth is a common symptom associated with the use of SSRI and other anti-depressant mediciation. "Double vision the way it is", again, another common symptom of this medication. |
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| Manic Street Preachers – I'm Not Working Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It's been fairly well documented that a lot of the lyrics on this album centre around the depression Nicky Wire was suffering from at the time that only exasperated his solitude that he found beauty in. "I know what's coming" "I'm not working" Possible references to both the cliched belief of the treatment of people with mental health issues, plus the idea that he believes he "is not working" |
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