They'll never cure this thing
With medicine and magazines
I know you play your part
You cover up your ever-aching heart
No one knows where you are
And no one thought you'd ever
Get that far
And how can it be that fun
When everyone around you
Dies so young?
And I'm not your favorite one
But who will walk you out
When it's all done?
With medicine and magazines
I know you play your part
You cover up your ever-aching heart
No one knows where you are
And no one thought you'd ever
Get that far
And how can it be that fun
When everyone around you
Dies so young?
And I'm not your favorite one
But who will walk you out
When it's all done?
Lyrics submitted by WastedYouth
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As with most of Low's songs, interpretation proves fairly elusive, but that's my best guess to this song's root.
Last second thought: it could be about an abortion.
As with most of Low's songs, interpretation proves fairly elusive, but that's my best guess to this song's root.
Last second thought: it could be about an abortion.
'When everyone around you
Dies so young? '
I think this has to be interpreted symbolically: they don't really die, they just disappear, no one goes to visit them anymore, because there is no more joy, no more 'joie de vivre'...
"how can it be that fun, when everyone around you dies so young"
...Abortion? What?
The aching heart bit comes from the addict not being happy (they are only at peace when high) and also from hurting others, put up a front and pretend this is want you want and that you aren't phased by hurting the non-addict.
Others not knowing where the addict is, not thinking they'd still be alive after all this time, get that far...
noonday has touched on the lyric about dying young..
who will walk you out when its all done -- this could be the co-dependent taking the addict home from their multiple attempts at rehab, or having called them from a party gone wrong... Who will be there tp pick up the pieces when this is all done?
"And I'm not your favorite one/But who will walk you out when it's all done?"
The use of the word "fun" substitutes for/plays on the word "gay".
"And how can it be that fun/When everyone around you dies so young?"
It deals, also, with shame and ignorance.
"No one knows where you are" - Because the afflicted one left because of judgement by those around him - "And no one thought you'd ever get that far" - the judgemental ones are actually uninformed about the disease itself.
Alan and Mimi are fantastic musicians and songwriters, but this song bothers me.