| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Tear Lyrics | 3 months ago |
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I think this song is about a heroin overdose. Or, just heroin use. Even just listening to the melody of the song progress from verse to chorus, and the melody following the chorus. I haven’t even taken heroin, and I can imagine the feeling pairing perfectly with the melody of this song. I feel it’s what the band are trying to convey to the listener. Take us on a sort of journey, without really glorifying drug use, but more understanding it. The lyrics make perfect sense if you listen to the song with the thought of an overdose in your mind. It all comes together and is incredibly haunting and beautiful. Even the line “say it now because you never know”, speaks volumes. A addict never truly knows if that that next time shooting up will be their final moments. |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Don't Forget Me Lyrics | 3 months ago |
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Very deep song. Incredible, as we can all agree. This song encompasses true drug addiction, and my interpretation is the song is speaking as the drug. “I'm an ocean in your bedroom Make you feel warm Make you want to re-assume Now we know it all for sure” Here is where it begins. The drug being consumed in the users bedroom, alone, symbolising a grappling of true addiction. “I'm a dance hall dirty break beat Make the snow fall Up from underneath your feet Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go” The drug being consumed in clubs and bars, the user partying on it as well as taking it at home. The snow falling up suggests a rush of some kind. The drug is also speaking to the user, telling him he is not alone, as he is with the drug. “I'm a meth lab first rehab Take it all off And step inside the running cab There's a love that knows the way” This is sort of obvious. “Meth lab”, suggesting the user has graduated to a sort of more intense use of the drug, now actually creating it himself. “First rehab”, meaning he was in rehab before he moved on the meth lab. This is very powerful. It symbolises the drugs intensely strong hold on the user. “Take it all off and step inside the running cab”, could mean the abandonment of sobriety after leaving rehab. “There’s a love that knows the way”, is exactly how it sounds. The love the user has for the drug comes over anything else, causing him to lose everything around him, piece by piece. “I'm the rainbow in your jail cell All the memories of Everything you've ever smelled Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go” “The rainbow” could be symbolising either the memory/anticipation of the drug, the drug itself being in the jail cell, or something even more sinister, like the beginning of a mental illness “All the memories you’ve ever smelled”, may mean the memory of the drugs the user has taken and a sort of reliving memory he lives through in his mind as he lays there in captivity “Sideways falling More will be revealed my friend Don't forget me I can't hide it Come again get me excited” “Sideways falling”, the user is falling deeper and deeper into a state of addiction and also perhaps insanity “More will be revealed my friend”, suggests there is more to come, and the drug is so strongly wrapped around the user “Don’t forget me I can’t hide it, come again get me excited” Means no matter how long the user is kept from the drug, the drug waits for him to come back, reminding him of their “love” “I'm an inbred and a pothead Two legs that you spread Inside the tool shed Now we know it all for sure” This is an interesting part of the song. I’d say it’s the shock factor of the words, revealing the drug to be sickening and outrageous, something that is no longer a secret to the user, as the user has grown so deep in his addiction. “Two legs that you spread inside the tool shed”, symbolises the user either engaging in sexually degrading acts for the drug, or being a “slut for the drug”; meaning a heavy user. “I could show you To the free field Overcome and more Will always be revealed Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go” This could mean the drug is suggesting a world of freedom - but not in the way most would see it. The drug has become so powerful within the users mind, that they are now hypnotised by its words, unable to see what is truly free and what is a prison of the drug. “Sideways falling More will be revealed my friend Don’t forget me I can’t hide it There's a match now let me light it” The match could be symbolic of a trigger, or a gateway to the drug, lighting the addiction. Or it could be literal, the match needed to light the spoon for shooting up. “I'm the bloodstain On your shirt sleeve Coming down and more are coming to believe Now we know it all for sure” “The bloodstain” is the evidence of the users shooting up, the user experiencing a comedown and those around him are seeing the atrocity the drug has truly had on him. Anyone already denying his drug use finally accepts the extent of his addiction, or perhaps the loss of his sanity. “Make the hair stand Up on your arm Teach you how to dance Inside the funny farm Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go” The drug or memory of the drug gives the user chills, and he dances in the insane asylum due to holding on to the relationship with the drug. Or, the drug is now his insanity. Perhaps he was always insane, but was using drugs to mask it/cope. Without the drug, his insanity is revealed. Many interpretations are within these lyrics. |
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| Awolnation – Jailbreak Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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To me, this song has a hidden meaning of drug addiction. “Jailbreak” refers to the escape that he feels whilst under the influence of the drug. The jail being his mind/mental illness, the the drug breaking him out of the prison of his mind. “Working on a jail break” could refer to sourcing the drug, it becoming his main priority/focus. It could also be referring to the drug being a source of power to get him out of financial distress “Got no time for a mistake” could mean his means of sourcing the drug are illegal or deceptive. It could also mean his life is on the line and the drug helps him with his problems. “Any moment til the day breaks” could be his referral to the effect of the drug when he finally gets his hands on it. It could also mean that any moment his whole world could come crashing down. “Keep it calm with the fast pace” suggests he is eager to source it but has to stay calm and composed. Or the drug makes him feel calm and fast, motivating him in his pursuit. “No more time to get to know you” suggests he is already in the grips of the addiction and didn’t slowly ease his way into it, but quite the opposite. He doesn’t mind this. “Now I’m living in a dream” suggests he is under the influence of the drug and all his pain has lifted. Or he has succeeded at work due to the drug helping him. “And I don’t think I’m ever gonna wake up” could suggest he has either taken a large dose of the drug to numb his pain, or he has succumbed to the addiction and knows he doesn’t want to give it up. Or this drug he speaks of is his new medication that he has accepted he will take for the rest of his life. Or, he doesn’t want to accept that he succeeded through the use of drugs. “Got no time for a new fate” could mean he believes he’s too far gone in his addiction, too deep in to turn his life around. It could also be suggestive of something he has to do that the drug helps him get done, and he’s in it for the long haul. “Any moment they’ll replace me” could mean he is losing his friends and all respect from people he knows, due to his addiction. It could also mean something is on the line that he needs to attend to, the drug perhaps assisting him in this. “I’ve been working on my timing” could mean he has been spacing his intake of the drug out to be more effective and efficient so his usage is more hidden. “Insecurity beside me” he is insecure of his drug addiction, his reliance on the substance and insecure about being caught. “But you tasted so inviting” the drug was always so enticing and temptation got the better of him, meaning he overdid the drug far more than he intended to. “Should have tried to get to know you” suggests he wishes he found out more about the drug before delving into using. He is now hooked and wishes he didn’t jump straight in without knowing what would happen to him. “Mama, it’s a jailbreak” Repeating over and over, would be his constant excuses to the people who love him, worried about him. Or his conscience feeling incredibly guilty toward his mother and how she feels, but he wants her to know that the drug takes his pain away. Maybe she has passed away and he is almost speaking to her as he knows what she would be thinking if she could see him. There are many things that line could mean. I find this song very dark and sad, yet soothing all the same. The slow beat combined with the “laaaa” vocals suggest the drug of choice is a pharmaceutical medication, something numbing. But it really could be anything, a combination of drugs.. The possibilities are endless. Very interesting song. |
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