Don't need a gun
Pointed at me
Don't need to run
Killer is me
Killer is me
So the sun
Shines upon me
Having fun
Killer is me
Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Let things be
Oh yeah
Can I start over?
Oh yeah
Can I start over?
And get over it
So the sun
Shines upon me
Having fun
Killer is me
Killer is me
Killer is me
Oh yeah
Can I start over?
Oh yeah
Can I start over?
And get over it
Let things be
Pointed at me
Don't need to run
Killer is me
Killer is me
So the sun
Shines upon me
Having fun
Killer is me
Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Let things be
Oh yeah
Can I start over?
Oh yeah
Can I start over?
And get over it
So the sun
Shines upon me
Having fun
Killer is me
Killer is me
Killer is me
Oh yeah
Can I start over?
Oh yeah
Can I start over?
And get over it
Let things be
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The more you kno...etc.
I have two ways of interpreting it. Either it is about regret of drug use, wishing to start over. Which is very likely, as it was probably started around the same time as Dirt was written.
Or the song could be about Jerry's girlfriend Courtney. Jerry has written a lot of songs about her. Their relationship was very rough, on and off again, and this song seems to fit with that. It seems like it is Jerry's regret of not working out the relationship problems that he likely caused.
at the end of the song comes regret, wishing he could start over.
by the way I have to say I'm glad they were all on drugs, there's a great line by some comedian in the intro to the tool song "third eye" - "I think drugs have done some good things for us...cause the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives over the years - REAL fuckin high on drugs." I don't care what all these fuckers say about not all AiC songs being about drugs, craploads are, and most are obviously influenced by them. Don't fight it, embrace it for what its worth and just think how awesome Layne must have felt half the time. The album dirt is virtually a concept album about how great and bad heroin is.
it is a pity Layne had to die but along with all the other rock martyrs, his sacrifice was worth it.
by the way I have to say I'm glad they were all on drugs, there's a great line by some comedian in the intro to the tool song "third eye" - "I think drugs have done some good things for us...cause the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives over the years - REAL fuckin high on drugs." I don't care what all these fuckers say about not all AiC songs being about drugs, craploads are, and most are obviously influenced by them. Don't fight it, embrace it for what its worth and just think how awesome Layne must have felt half the time. The album dirt is virtually a concept album about how great and bad heroin is.
it is a pity Layne had to die but along with all the other rock martyrs, his sacrifice was worth it.
and depression is by far the most creative force we have. depression, anger, hate, jealousy, envy, greed, lust... these topics are way more prevalent than happiness and fluffiness. who the fuck wants to hear a song about how great someones life is and how happy and stable their relationship is ? it would be a fucking grinding riff for that to keep my attention. people dwell on sadness and search for other people in misery ... happiness, people take for granted when they have it.
in the context of music, it is definitely better to have lost than loved.