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Marrow Lyrics
the answer came
like a shot in the back
while you were running from your lesson
which might explain
why years later all you could remember
was the terror of the question
plus, you weren't listening
you were stockpiling canned goods
making a bomb shelter of our basement
and i can't believe you let the moral go by
while you were soaking in the product placement
where was your conscience?
where was your consciousness?
and where did you put all those letters
that you wrote to yourself
but could not address?
i'm a good kisser
and you're a fast learner
and that kinda thing could float us
for a pretty long time
then one day you'd realize
you've memorized my phone number
and you'll call it and find
it's a disconnected line
'cause i got tossed out the window of love's el camino
and i shattered into a shower of sparks on the curb
you were smoking me
weren't you?
between your yellow fingers
you just inhaled and exhaled without saying a word
where was your conscience?
where was your consciousness?
and where did you put all those letters
that you wrote to yourself
but could not address?
there's a smorgasbord of unspoken poisons
a whole childhood of potions
that are all bottled up
and so one by one i am dusting off labels
i am uncorking bottles and filling up cups
so go ahead and have a taste of your own medicine
and i'll have a taste of mine
but first let's toast to the lists
that we hold in our fists
of the things that we promise to do
differently next time
'cause the answer came like a shot in the back
while you were running from your lesson
which might explain
why years later all you could remember
was the terror of the question
plus i'm not listening to you anymore
my head is too sore and my heart's perforated
and i'm mired in the marrow of my well ain't that funny bone
learning how to be alone and devastated
where was my conscience?
where was my consciousness?
and what do i do with all these letters
that i wrote to myself
but cannot address?
like a shot in the back
while you were running from your lesson
which might explain
why years later all you could remember
was the terror of the question
plus, you weren't listening
you were stockpiling canned goods
making a bomb shelter of our basement
and i can't believe you let the moral go by
while you were soaking in the product placement
where was your consciousness?
and where did you put all those letters
that you wrote to yourself
but could not address?
and you're a fast learner
and that kinda thing could float us
for a pretty long time
then one day you'd realize
you've memorized my phone number
and you'll call it and find
it's a disconnected line
'cause i got tossed out the window of love's el camino
and i shattered into a shower of sparks on the curb
you were smoking me
weren't you?
between your yellow fingers
you just inhaled and exhaled without saying a word
where was your consciousness?
and where did you put all those letters
that you wrote to yourself
but could not address?
a whole childhood of potions
that are all bottled up
and so one by one i am dusting off labels
i am uncorking bottles and filling up cups
so go ahead and have a taste of your own medicine
and i'll have a taste of mine
but first let's toast to the lists
that we hold in our fists
of the things that we promise to do
differently next time
while you were running from your lesson
which might explain
why years later all you could remember
was the terror of the question
plus i'm not listening to you anymore
my head is too sore and my heart's perforated
and i'm mired in the marrow of my well ain't that funny bone
learning how to be alone and devastated
where was my conscience?
where was my consciousness?
and what do i do with all these letters
that i wrote to myself
but cannot address?
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To me this song is about the things we fill our lives up with whil we try to just pretend or make everything normal... pretty soon things aren't about where we choose to be but where we are in terms of love and sense of self. We lose our sense of sense of self - we write letters - or make memories but at an eventual point realize the things that are wrong with the world, other people, ourselves need to be addressed... nothing is simple but this song reminds you to listen to the things you'r gut tells you and not to be surprised but to be in touch with yourself.
It’s delayed grief. An emotionally abusive relationship. The stockpiling is referring to making a foundation for a long term relationship - hunkering down, as it were. It ended. He probably looked for her. But she was nothing more the sparks from his smoke. Mired in the marrow has a kind of double meaning. The bone and the vegetable. You become mired in grief, unable to see the meaning of things. But she has started to address it. Seems like therapy “uncorking bottles” - secrets, hidden thoughts. “Filling up cups” addressing these things. Toasting - has she met him after all these years? Are the letters a therapy technique? It’s almost a reference to AA - maybe he was a drinker and wrote to her to apologise? For AA it’s the act of writing the letter or reaching out that is cathartic, not necessarily how the apology lands. So it would be more of a letter to himself. Overall I’d say it’s the result of some therapy she had to address a relationship where she felt used.
Seems to me to be about a toxic relationship. Being a good kisser and you being a fast learner could signal to the partner trying to please her but falling short and her saying that it could float them for a pretty long time up until the day where she is done because all she felt is used and disregarded tossed out the window and that’s where her love went when he did that. This song hints to poor communication styles in the relationship. To me this song reminds me of a break up where the guy I was with for years started trying to have an internet affair behind my back. The answer came like a shot in the back. And it was a question I didn’t ask, I turned my head away to not look at the signs. I lost myself in trying to help him with the issues he was going through only to be smoked and tossed out the window and that’s where my love went. I got to the point where I wasn’t listening to him anymore, my head was too sore and my heart perforated. I had to relearn how to live alone again while being devastated. I asked myself in my own words, where was his conscience and where was my consciousness. I realized it all went back to childhood why I ended up with a guy like that. I drank my own medicine in a way and he did too. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I love this song.
Seems to me to be about a toxic relationship. Being a good kisser and you being a fast learner could signal to the partner trying to please her but falling short and her saying that it could float them for a pretty long time up until the day where she is done because all she felt is used and disregarded tossed out the window and that’s where her love went when he did that. This song hints to poor communication styles in the relationship. To me this song reminds me of a break up where the guy I was with for years started trying to have an internet affair behind my back. The answer came like a shot in the back. And it was a question I didn’t ask, I turned my head away to not look at the signs. I lost myself in trying to help him with the issues he was going through only to be smoked and tossed out the window and that’s where my love went. I got to the point where I wasn’t listening to him anymore, my head was too sore and my heart perforated. I had to relearn how to live alone again while being devastated. I asked myself in my own words, where was his conscience and where was my consciousness. I realized it all went back to childhood why I ended up with a guy like that. I drank my own medicine in a way and he did too. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I love this song.
[Edit: Accidentally typed the wrong thing]
my favorite line ever is in this song, the "you were smoking me.." one. i have felt like ive been "smoked" by someone before and i guess i wish i could have told them that in anis words after the fact
I think it's about learning the hard lessons from someone you thought was perfect....someone you built your entire life around, and later learned was merely biding time with you....and in the end gets a "taste of their own medicine"
This song represents reminicing on a past relationship. She still thinks about this guy, he is still a part of her. The call and the disconnected line part is how she wishes she felt about this guy. That she thinks he'll call and it will be a disconnected line, meaning she moved on without telling him. This song is about convincing herself that she is okay, but really her heart is still in it, and regargless of how much she tells herself she is okay and better off without him, that if he were to come back to her, she would take him back in a second.
Simply beautiful!!! _____
Ani, come in the south of Italy!!!