2 X 4

This song can surly be about more than a drug. For instance: The title, 2*4...I think it refers to a "two by four". This wooden beam four inches wide and two inches thick is the most common cut of wood used in construction. A two by four is dense and doesn't serve any perpose unless you nail it to something and use it as a strural element. Although It is essential as a basic element of construction, it is practicaly useless on its own.

So yea i recon I didn't explain anything so clearly. But Im pointing in a direction...What did heroine do to him, and could one feel that way with out heroine(sure)...

This song is about hoon dealing with his coke problem. Starting out with "needle, fetal" he reflects how he would shoot up, get in the fetal position and reap the rewards of a hit of coke. In the next line, "Someone's pouring warm gravy all over me" represents the euphoric wave of intense energy proceding a shot.

The next three lines from "...synthetic therapy...o what a feeling" represents that although coke is bad and looked down upon in society, the feeling it produces is well worth the stigmata.

The next verse, "But I wish that you would stop spitting when you're talking to me", represents the anger and resentment people give when they know of what your doing, and try to make persuade you from doing otherwise.

The rest of the song goes on to say how he wants to quit but can't.....blahblah blah don't do coke it kills

eh..first of all, its about heroin addiction, and yea i know, he died of a cocaine overdose. people mix the two up. coke is not really synthetic..but whatever. hoon took two hits of acid at the woodstock concert, so i dont know where the coke thing came from but knowing shannon i wouldnt put it past him to mix acid and coke.

I agree with most of the comments.. this song is about drug problems and how as much as you know you shouldn't be doing something that is terrible for you, its difficult to stop because, "oh what a feeling." I believe the drug of note in this song is heroin, not cocaine which later ended shannon's life. for anyone who has ever experimented with strong opioids(heroin,oxycontin etc), "Someone's pouring warm gravy all over me" is a good way to describe the high of feeling numb&weightless after a hit. All that aside this is one of my favorite songs because of the raw emotion and what seems almost like a cry for help through music. If you like this song other good blind melon songs with similar feeling&subject are "Hell"(Nico), "Frosting a cake"(Unreleased), & "Drive" (Blind Melon). R.I.P Shannon Hoon

I'm talking to myself... when a person is in full blown addiction they have by then drove everyone away friends , family.needle fetal... When a person has done a shot of heroin they usually end up layed out and nodding off... someone pouring warm gravy all over me is an excellent metaphor for the rush you get after injecting heroin...synthetic therapy is most likely a reference to methadone and so on

2X4 is about Shannon's experience at a drug detox center, while dealing with his addiction, depression, and a dysfunctional relationships. Shannon was a very angry person in many instances when he wasn't on something. Christopher, Rogers, and Brad have all talked about his outbursts and how he was easy to fly off the handle. It has nothing to do with an actual 2X4 piece of wood. 2 Meter Sessions and All I Can Say shows clips of Shannon's outbursts. But when he wasn't jonesing and was on somewhat of a normal plain, he was one of the nicest people you could ever meet.

does this song remind you of soundgarde? it does to me...

i was thinking the same exact fucking thing....thats the first thought that came to my mind when i heard this song

"but knowing shannon i wouldnt put it past him to mix acid and coke." ...... so you personally knew shannon hoon? you're worthless.. don't say you know someone that you're miles below.

Love this song. But I have no idea what it is about. I just get good feeling from it.