Bloodstream

I mean it's about drugs/alcohol, but I think it's more than that. Kind of just how he tried to fight loneliness through substance.

Note that these lyrics are wrong - should be "I was looking for a lover, thought I'd find her in a bottle"

I have two interpretations 1, its about drugs and alcohol going into his bloodstream or 2, it could be a break up song, "tell me when it kicks in" tell me when you miss me because ed shear has had lots of woman before and been miss treated. to back this up further "And I saw scars upon her" and "broken hearted"."No no don’t leave me lonely now, If you love me how,You never loved me" Again this suggests the song is about love. This shows that this song is more than drugs and alcohol.

I just sort of realized the significance of the "tell me when it kicks in" hook. It implies the drug hasn't kicked in yet. You ask someone "when will this kick in?" when you're still waiting, impatiently, for it to kick in. But we already know the drugs have kicked in because he says "I feel the chemicals burn in my bloodstream" and so I think, when you take the song as a whole (which is about more more than just drugs - loneliness, regret etc) you realize that he's saying the drugs may have kicked in literally , but they're not working in a deeper level. The aforementioned line is followed directly by "So tell me when it kicks in" so, the drugs may be in his bloodstream, but they're not fixing the loneliness or the scars of past relationships etc - the stuff drugs can't really fix on a long term scale.

Obviously about taking drugs of some kind, no interpretation really needed ("I feel the chemicals burn in my bloodstream"). Such a good song, in my opinion one of his best.

obviously its about drugs and other substances but by the lyric "I’ve been sitting here for ages ripping out pages how'd I get so faded" i think is about someone being known and loved and falling into being forgotten and 'faded' from everyone's memory and dealing by using drugs, women and alcohol.

To me this song is about a man who has faded from everyones memory/ he has no one left that cares about him so he is trying to commit suicide through drugs and or alcohol (hence the lyrics; I feel the chemicals burn Iin my bloodstream/ tell me when it kicks in.

Some of the lyrics are wrong here. Here's what I believe they are (and some outside sources confirm). Some really basic mistakes above. Words in capitals were omitted above but should be included, e.g. ripping out THE pages.

Not "If you love me how You never loved me" but "if you loved me how'd you never learn"

Not "wanted to could free my mind" but "one or two could free my mind"

Not "I was looking for a love" but "a lover" Not "Thought I’d find it really boring" but "thought I'd find her in a bottle"

Not "I saw scars upon her broken hearted dove" but "I saw scars upon a broken hearted lover"