White Slavery

Cocaine. Easy enough to figure out.

Pete's actually said himself in a few interviews after staying clean for x-amount of time, using, staying clean, then back to using, he feels like he's killing himself and that he's dead inside. He also ends up becoming disgusted with himself because he was doing so well. (See: Dead Again)

Restless craving: Addiction The summer snow, but it's not cold: Snow is white, as is Cocaine. Once it's tested, thus infected: Once you've had it, you're addicted/infected. I've lost myself again: He thought he had it under control, but really he didn't. "It's a nightmare" is literal. With every breath, I pray for death: The urge won't go away, and he wishes that he could get it over with already.

Title included, I think this song might be talking about the peril involved with waking up and going to a crappy job every morning, only to be paid barely enough to live before taxes are taken out. There is also the allmost joking line explaining to the Pepsi generation that you can kill yourself alot faster with cocaine then going to work everyday.

I agree with redhatpenquin. "Coke" could easily be also a reference to cocaine. It's funny--aside from the last four lines and the title, the song just seems angsty (though in the best possible way). In that, the song also seems to be concerning the plight of the modern working class person. Still, I don't know why they call it white slavery...

Oh, and "a few lines of misinformation" adds to the theory that coke means both the drink and the drug in this song...both are representitive of the plight of American consumerism.

As jc6md said, this song is very easy. It's simply about cocaine addiction. Peter is saying that he's a slave to cocaine.

white slavery is an euphemism for prostitution. he feels like a prostitute at work. HOW HARD IS THIS SHIT, PEOPLE?

It's about coke addiction. "Restless craving", "The Summer Snow" (it doesn't fucking snow in the summer people), "I rot away", and the Pepsi reference is used as a clever device for wanting to get off coke.

And the title, as well as the next song, give the meaning of the whole song away.

As with a few comments before, I really dont think its about too much more than cocaine addiction. The breaking of day and rotting away is a reference to the comedown the morning after, as soon as you see the sun peak up your night is over, you wont be getting to sleep anytime soon and you'll feel like shit all day. 'Once it's tested thus infected' assuming he's talking about how difficult it is to stop doing it once youv'e started. An of course all the previously mentioned comments about 'WHITE' and 'COCAINE'. Its cryptic guys I know but I think if you look hard enough..

As with a few of you others, I also agree that this song seems to be about troubles with cocaine. It's been very clear that Peter has had an alcohol and coke addiction for a long time now (thankfully he is sober now) and with all of the words it just fits all too well to be about coke. Coke had taken over his life and he didn't know how to conquer it.