9 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
Heavy Things Lyrics
Things have fallen down on me-
Heavy things I could not see.
When I finally came around,
Something small would pin me down.
When I tried
To step inside
I moved to where they'd hoped I'd be
Vanessa calls me on the phone,
Reminding me I'm not alone.
I fuss and quake, and cavitate.
I try to speak and turn to stone.
Tilly reaches through my vest,
To do the thing she does best.
She pulls and tears my ventricles,
Steals my one remaining breathe.
Chorus:
Things have fallen down on me
Heavy things I could not see.
When I finally came around,
Something small would pin me down.
When I tried to step inside,
I moved to where they'd hoped I'd be.
Stumbling as I fall from grace.
She needs my vision to replace.
Prevailing sight throughout the night.
Leaving two holes in my face.
Mary was a friend I'd say.
'Till one summer day.
She borrowed everything I owned
And simply ran away.
Chorus
Ohh ohh WaaAhh <i>until fadeout</i>
Heavy things I could not see.
Something small would pin me down.
To step inside
I moved to where they'd hoped I'd be
Reminding me I'm not alone.
I try to speak and turn to stone.
To do the thing she does best.
Steals my one remaining breathe.
Things have fallen down on me
Heavy things I could not see.
When I finally came around,
Something small would pin me down.
When I tried to step inside,
I moved to where they'd hoped I'd be.
She needs my vision to replace.
Leaving two holes in my face.
'Till one summer day.
She borrowed everything I owned
And simply ran away.
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
This song totally rox!
theres always heavy things falling down on you, and it seems like their always aimed at you
Not the best phish tune...
This is the only Phish song I ever heard played on my local radio stations, on one particular station around here. I have no idea what the rest of their songs sound like.
I suppose the song is about not worrying about the heavy things in life and just enjoying well... this song seems to be about women and the good memories he has of them. When I tried to step inside, I moved to where they hoped I'd be... no idea. I don't think Phish fans like to interpret the lyrics, but I'm curious, would like a better idea what they're talking about.
I like it, has the same attributes as Sparkle, sad lyrics to an upbeat tempo, with some good lines: "Stumbling as I fall from grace. She needs my vision to replace. Prevailing sight throughout the night. Leaving two holes in my face."
relationship problems do suck and no band expresses that as well and as metaphorically as phish
reminds me of that maxwell edison song by the beatles where it's not such a nice topic, but the way they're talking about it is in a cheerful manner. it's about how bad stuff always happens and when it keeps happening you feel like it's aimed at you. for him it's problems with girls (vanessa, tilly, mary), nothing in his love life seems to be going right and he's starting to think there's something wrong with him
I really like this song, and agree with the "Sparkle" comparison. It's a nice changeup to Phish's normal sound, while still feeling like Phish.
Seems like battling with depression and thoughts of suicide, you stop going out, you stop talking to friends, you stop interacting with the world, and that's exactly how depression gets at you even better. Vanessa calls to cheer him up but he's still depressed and feels like there is emptiness inside. Tilly calls and tries to sooth his heart and mind but it just tears him up more. The only way out he can see from the pain is suicide, and they do their utmost to convince him otherwise, but by the end of the night he has shot himself in the head. Then his friend Mary hauls all his stuff away