Ben Harper – Temporary Remedy

General CommentI killed a snake with a bible
I was living a Johnny Cash song
I'm afraid for this I may be liable
So its best I be moving - moving along

Random

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  @Journey

General Commentyeah its random, but this song rocks

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  @Mattc867

General Comment@Journey & Mattc867

It doesn't appear that random to me. Seems pretty obviously about getting over heroin addiction, and then lapsing back into it.

Temporary Remedy: Heroin

I killed a snake with a bible: Found Jesus, killed a devil in his life
I was living a Johnny Cash song: Johnny Cash famously was addicted to heroin
I'm afraid for this I may be liable: Is there going to be any lingering effects from my heroin addiction?

Just [Heroin] running through my veins

Second verse I think is about not seeing the problem with it, even though he heard everyone else saying it, until he was told for certain by the lord, when he reaped what he sowed.

Third verse is about having doubts about quitting. It appears like the reason they invented the word perfect. Whatever happened yesterday, he doesn't have to worry about until tomorrow.

I could be wrong, but yeah, I think the randomness you hear is the dynamism of heroin pumping through his veins as simulated in guitar play.

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