Stone Temple Pilots – Still Remains

@Sour Girl @Sour Girl very well written and well received. I miss Scott. He was super talented. Just a little too on the edge. Stardom does wierd things to people but love is universal. When I hear this song now that he passed it has a sadness to it I didn’t feel before. Its sad they split and its sad hes dead. Love is so awesome and so terrible. How can something be both? Not many things in this world compare to love. We all need to love one another considering we are all similar. We are all human beings.

@Sour Girl thanks for your insight and opinion! Amazing lyrics, amazing voice, amazingly talented band. My favorite band when I was growing up in the 90's. I'm so glad I looked for the meaning of this song... the lyrics are so personal, sincere, and well written (qualities I think are missing in today's music). "Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine" is the reason I looked this up. Maybe just a swap of sing a song and pick a yellow nectarine? Or maybe it's a personal inside joke or use of words between him and the girl that is not supposed to make sense to anyone else? Well that line is what originally brought me here. Another thing that's missing in today's lyrics (mystery). But I'm glad you shared your opinion, it makes a lot of sense. Very sad song, listening to it so soon after he passed away. One of my favorite lines and I think where the song meaning comes from is "love is still and sweat remains a cherished gift, unselfish feeling... oh I'd beg for you... oh, you know I'll beg for you". I agree with you, I think he is saying his love Still Remains and to him it's a cherished gift and unselfish feeling that will always remain with him.

oh i easily agree with this. melodically and lyrically Scott's a musical genius and all. I think the song has to do with both Love and Death - the seperation of Love through Death - honestly, like with many songs from this genre, and from the astronomical fame/fortune/etc. that musicians like this had , at least for a time, it was no doubt inspired by drug usage i bet.. but yeah. i'd say this song has alot to do with death- although alot of it is physical imagery throughout the verses.. which is very much life.. but the underlying concept, yup

It has a lot of "carpe diem" stuff, which is directly related to the inevitable death, but I don't think there's a dead person already. I think it's the fear of death (yours or your loved one's) that you suddenly have when everything is perfect.