| Drive-By Truckers – Goddamn Lonely Love Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Ah, a good ol' "hard drinkin'/hard lovin'" song. Isbell is describing a boozy, tortured relationship with a girl. What I like about it is the "dual meaning" of "belly up": both "belly up [to the bar]" and as a metaphor for death (a fish goes "belly up" when it dies; used metaphorically with people: "gone tits up" is a euphemism for death). So, the protagonist is clearly drinking hardcore: somewhat less serious than death ("ain't really drowning") but worse than going to sleep ("ain't really falling asleep.") Also, the bit about "belly up and arch your back": I took it to mean a bar girl, bellied up to the bar, and "arching her back" to make her tits look bigger and draw attention. Basically, a song about alkies in love and/or lust. |
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| Drive-By Truckers – Goddamn Lonely Love Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Ah, a good ol' "hard drinkin'/hard lovin'" song. Isbell is describing a boozy, tortured relationship with a girl. What I like about it is the "dual meaning" of "belly up": both "belly up [to the bar]" and as a metaphor for death (a fish goes "belly up" when it dies; used metaphorically with people: "gone tits up" is a euphemism for death). So, the protagonist is clearly drinking hardcore: somewhat less serious than death ("ain't really drowning") but worse than going to sleep ("ain't really falling asleep.") Also, the bit about "belly up and arch your back": I took it to mean a bar girl, bellied up to the bar, and "arching her back" to make her tits look bigger and draw attention. Basically, a song about alkies in love and/or lust. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The song's about heroin. "Dead flowers" is a reference to heroin being derived from opium, the sap of the poppy flower. It's literally "dead flowers," if you think about it. What makes the song ironic, for me, is that I got my introduction to opiates by buying dried poppy pods off of e-bay, for, ya know, "floral arranging." I used to do quite a bit of "arranging," and every week or so, another shipment of (dried) flowers would arrive, courtesy of the US Postal Service. Of course, the Feds have cracked down on this by now...so today, I score Heroin. Yippee! |
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