Pool Shark

I feel the song is about heroin addition. When people go into detox they have plastic beds so when they get sicks and sweat and other stuff. Also the lyric one day im gonna lose the war is how brad died. Plus al the talkabout needles and tying off

brad quit and relapsed on herion 11 times. by listening to this song, i think he knew that he was eventully going to die if he didn't stop using herion. if a herion addict keeps using herion with no ambition to quit, they will die sooner or later. i'm just sorry it had to happen to brad. out of all of Sublime's songs, this one has the most meaning.

For a long time I used to just listen to this song- I never really cared about the meaning, or looked for one. Now that I read these comments and the song lyrics, I realize how sad and frightening this song actually is. Someone before mentioned this, the song is a masterpiece.

Plastic bed... That has another meaning. Bradley often compares artificial drugs to plastic meaning that they are man-made. Rastafarians denounce 'plastic' drugs but they believe in the power of natural herb. He's broken, in pain, and lying in a bed of this powerful 'plastic' drug. One of the most moving songs of all time... RIP Brad. i think sno182 is right, but i see it as Brad comparing his hobbies with hers. She shoots pool to have a good time while he is strung out in his room, naked and alone.

this song means alot to me as a RECOVERING heroin addict... thats right, its not a death sentence, it just feels like it. heroin was a lie that told me that some day its gonna be alright, when the truth it was the reason why everything was not alright. i used to want to play the tortured artist pity-needing junky, but now i realise that self destruction via a needle is a cop out, not something to be pitied. i did it for years. i know. i know the taste in the back of your throat. i know the warmth. i know the torture of sickness. and i also know that in the long run you use the choice to use. that's not a death sentence though, but people like me cannot do it alone.. as long as we refuse to ask for help, we will be trapped.

Lying in my plastic bed: jail and treatment use plastic to catch uncontrolable body fluids from detox Thinking how things wern't so cool to me: realising the lie that everything will be alright with junk My baby likes to shoot pool: an ironic view of how he likes to shoot things also I like lying naked in my bedroom: Dope makes you feel really warm and really cozy.. Clothing optional Tying off that dinosaur tonight: Tying off to do dope, and try and play out a dream that has long died out and gone extinct Used to be so cool: he's past the 'glamour phase'.. I.e. he doesnt shoot to get high, he shoots to keep from getting sick I can shake: tremors are awful when your dope sick.. it is called kicking because they get so bad your arms and legs kick in the air by themselves But I cant bleed: an addict knows that the needle is in his vein when he pulls back and blood shoot up into the barrel of the syringe.. this statement relays the frustration every addict feels missing vein after vein trying to get well. take it away but i want more and more: the addict becomes to people. the one who realises he is dying and wants to stop, and the one who loses hope and accepts his death. at this point in an addicts life, he will seek help or die. one day im gonna lose the war: meaning hes not oblivious to the meaning of the statement above.

If you are addicted to heroin, ask for help.. i dont reccomend getting on done, like i did.. the detox is 10x worse, but if its gonna keep you from putting a needle in your arm, do it!

good luck to all of you, and good luck to me. just for today im not gonna be bradley anymore.

brad quit and relapsed on herion 11 times. by listening to this song, i think he knew that he was eventully going to die if he didn't stop using herion. if a herion addict keeps using herion with no ambition to quit, they will die sooner or later. i'm just sorry it had to happen to brad. out of all of Sublime's songs, this one has the most meaning.

these are some powerful lyrics, this song was based on herion and it can definately relate to bradleys death rip

dondeez and mditty are right about brad and what the song is about.. brad totally forshadowed his death in this song and it is such a shame he could not keep straight.. brad was so talented and it is such a shame that he could not stop... he had been in rehab for his addiction right before he died.. he wanted to prove to himself that he could do it just once and that once was his last time.. he was found alone in a trashed motel room dead on the floor with louie dog (his brown spotted dalmation) licking his face.. its such a same -- right after his death is when sublime really got popular.. i wish he was here to see how much his talent is appriciated .. rip brad you will be in my heart forever -- peace and love - cristine

man, I love this song. Sublime to me, is like in your veins music. You learn about him and his life in his songs and in this one obviously talks about his addiction. At least Lou dog is up their with him. I dunno if this is true but I heard they're gonna clone lou dog.

This is the saddest Sublime song ever. Its so horrible how he explains the vilont conflict he had to go though. The want verses the consiquences (sp?) This song made me cry like the first 10 or 15 times I heard it, and still gives me chills. This song is a powerful message to everyone out there to NOT DO HEROIN! This song has such a powerful influence on me that I actually wrote a story dedicated to Brad, and set to the tune (not litterally) of this song. It's right here: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=797036