Pure Narcotic

He's in love with a girl that once loved him back, but doesn't anymore. She expects too much from him, he feels like a let-down. "Leave me dreaming on a railway track, wrap me up and send me back"--listen to Trains.

Ok here's my interpertation of the song which most people can relate too i thinks it's about a break up

You keep me waiting You keep me alone in a room full of friends You keep me hating You keep me listening to the Bends - the depressing music everyone listen too in a breack up

No amount of pointless days Can make this go away- the passing days just doesn't make things better

You have me on my knees You have me listless and deranged You have me in your pocket You have me distant and estranged - this part of the song is his change of personallity and he cant get her out of her head

No narcotics in my brain Can make this go away- he been taking drugs (for me it was pot and cigs and im not the normal chain smoker)

I'm sorry that, I'm sorry that I'm not like you I worry that I don't act the way you'd like me to- the dude just feels sorry in what he did wrong in the relationship

You find me wanting You find me bloodless but inspired You find me out You find me hallucinating fire- i think this part of the song the lover found out he was getting high and pissed or dissapointed about it ( You find me hallucinating fire- I think thats a weed refernce)

Have we ever been here before? Running headlong at the floor Leave me dreaming on a railway track Wrap me up and send me back - Im not sure about this part but i think they get back together but break up again I think (Wrap me up and send me back is a clear refernce to that)

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Interpret it as you will, but it's an unrequited love song, SW said so himself. This song, "Slave Called Shiver", and "Don't Hate Me" are sort of a series in that they describe the different stages of one person's feelings for another. At first, it's very romantic and hopeful, and this person is trying to change themselves so they can better fit the other's expectations. Once their love is still not returned, then things start getting violent and perverse(Slave Called Shiver), then just depressing(Don't Hate Me).

amatterofgrace: SPOT on, I think. I feel it. If it's not about that, it sure as hell is for me...

You keep me waiting (waiting on her) You keep me alone in a room full of friends (he feels alone without her) You keep me hating (himself, everything) You keep me listening to the Bends (depressing music)

No amount of pointless days (pointless without her) Can make this go away (it'll never be fixed without her)

You have me on my knees (straightforward) You have me listless and deranged (he's losing his mind) You have me in your pocket (he knows he's at her mercy) You have me distant and estranged (distant and estranged)

No narcotics in my brain Can make this go away (meds aren't going to help)

I'm sorry that, I'm sorry that I'm not like you (is he really?) I worry that I don't act the way you'd like me to (insecurity)

You find me wanting (indeed) You find me bloodless but inspired (doesn't want to let go) You find me out (he's a let-down) You find me hallucinating fire (honestly makes NO sense to me...)

No narcotics in my brain Can make this go away

Have we ever been here before? (yes) Running headlong at the floor (going nowhere with an argument) Leave me dreaming on a railway track (she leaves him) Wrap me up and send me back (rejection)

seems like a song about being wipped...

for example

You keep me alone in a room full of friends

its how his girlfriend keeps him from his friends and wants him all to herself

and when he says

You have me on my knees

it could mean how he is almost his girlfriends servant and does as she says, when she says sorta thing

sorry for my shit explanation, just my opinion

He allowed himself to let someone in, but he realises that he cares too much. It made him vulnerable, that's why he's apologizing. This person made him feel like nobody else, he misses her and if she would be gone for good, nothing could ever make that alright. No drugs, no amount of time.. without her he's just a dead body wrapped in a cloth.

Could be about relationships, but to me could be a somewhat autistic dude:

"You keep me waiting You keep me alone in a room full of friends You keep me hating You keep me listening to the Bends

No amount of pointless days Can make this go away"

He is bored with his every day life, waiting (for doctors, maybe?), in groups of "friends" to interact, but still feeling alone. No amount of that repetition will cure him - make it go away.

"You have me on my knees You have me listless and deranged You have me in your pocket You have me distant and estranged

No narcotics in my brain Can make this go away"

He is feeling hopeless and accept the suggestion of taking narcotics for his problems. But they make him just distant and stranged, numb. The absence of narcotics in his brain could make this go away...

"I'm sorry that, I'm sorry that I'm not like you I worry that I don't act the way you'd like me to"

Pretty literal

"You find me wanting You find me bloodless but inspired You find me out You find me hallucinating fire

No narcotics in my brain Can make this go away"

He gets another medication (maybe?), but the effects aren't what the person who gave it to him desired. There is no ammount of narcotics in his brain that could make him better.

"Have we ever been here before? Running headlong at the floor Leave me dreaming on a railway track Wrap me up and send me back"

He can't stand life anymore. Everything looks the same over and over again e he just doesn't fit. Leave him dreaming on a railway track so he can die.

I think this song is just about sorta being made to fit someone's image...even though you are a unique person. Sad song.

I think this song is about a failing relationship where one of the people involved feels as if they're not the person that the other wants them to be. The whole song seems like a synical apology, as if to say "well gee, sorry I couldn't be the person you wanted me to, I am who I am"

Okay... When I read the lyrics I think of a friendship where one is in love with his friend, but feels his friend isn't even aware. He feels so strongly for her but is afraid to confront her..or something. He seems to do pretty much anything to stay by her side even being someone other than himself to impress her. It's driving him crazy.