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Little Sister Lyrics
Hey little sister, I heard you went to Mr. So and So
Knock Knock Knocking on his door again last night
Said you needed it bad, you know that aint right
Cuz so many times you've come to me cry crying
trying to stop you said it hurt so bad
But please don't let you go back for me
My little sister is a zombie in a body
with no soul a role she has learned to play
In a world today where nothing else matters
But it matters
We've got to start feeding our souls
Not our addictions or afflictions of pain
to avoid the same questions we must ask ourselves
to get any answers
We've got to start feeding our souls
have been lost to the millions with lots
who feed on addiction
selling pills and whats hot
and I wish I could save them from all their delusions
all the confusion aye yay
Of a nation that starves of salvation
but clothing is the closest approximation to God
and He only knows that drugs are all we know of love
Every day we starve while we eat white bread and beer
instead of a handshake or hug
we spill the pills and sweep them under the rug
My little sister is a zombie in a body
with no soul a role she has learned to play
In a world today where nothing else matters
But it matters
We've gotta start feeding our souls.
Hey little sister, I heard you went to Mr. So and So
Knock Knock Knocking on his door again last night
Said you needed more
I really do understand the meaning of this song because ive been there. It is about being addicted to heroin.When it says "Cuz so many times you've come to me cry crying trying to stop you said it hurt so bad But please don't let you go back for more" it is describing the withdraw. Heroin withdraw is one of the most painful and aweful things a body can go through and the only thing that makes it better is more of the drug, and thats why it is so hard to stop. When on that kind of a drug one will do anything to aquire it. This song is about someone trying to quit and not being aible to. The fact that she used "little sister" just means to me that it is someone who she cares greatly for and someone who perhaps looks up to her. I love the way Jewel incorperates other problems in sociaty that connect greatly to drug problems and relates them to eachother because they are indeed truly connected.
what a great song. btw, jewel is awesome in concert. she is so honest, it's refreshing
without doubt the song treats about those persons that are initiated in the road of the drugs to early age, by different reasons, and the drug does not necessarily be going to refer to stimulants, also indicates excess of anything, to something to what be found very attached, for which would do of all to maintain it in its life
This song is very insightful in its description of what is wrong in our society... It's the song I'd like to have the courage to sing to one of my friends who is struggling with drugs
This song is very insightful in its description of what is wrong in our society... It's the song I'd like to have the courage to sing to one of my friends who is struggling with drugs
I actually know what this song is about...go me. It's about my Dad's girlfriends little sister. I'll ask her about it more...not really familiar with the whole story. She had two sisters...both are dead now. I think the one this song is talking about got shot...but I'm not sure...I'll come back and write more as soon as I know more...
[but clothing is the closest approximation to God]
True. Great. Honest and refreshing to today's culture.
Ugh, all wrong. Kilcher herself said this song is actually about a boy she knew in Alaska that traded sexual favors for drugs. To a guy...
This song is amazing....reading the lyrics doesn't even do her great songwriting justice - it has to be heard - the rhythm just brings out words that rhyme and it all ties together so well. I think this song has growing relevance in a country where a lot of people think that they can just do to the doctor and drugs will solve their problem, when the reality is that "We've got to start feeding our souls Not our addictions or afflictions of pain to avoid the same questions we must ask ourselves to get any answers." It's great because I think the song can relate to either people who become dependent on illegal drugs, or people who abuse prescription painkillers or antidepressants, and of course, the people who have to drink themselves to sleep every night.
this song is by far my favorite ever by her. i love her cause she gets to the truth. i like how she uses "little sister" to say this is happening to EVERYONE around us, even the ones i care about. its so simple. its straight out saying "hey, we need to fix the world!"