Sugar Kane

You're almost certainly right. I also love this song. That middle section is awesome.

Actually, 'Sugar Kane' was Marilyn Monroe's character in the film 'Some Like It Hot'.

This is the most upbeat playful song SY has offered me. The chorus is vibrant and almost a bit poppy. I can't believe it only has a bit of comments either.

HOW did no one post coomments on this song this song rocks and so dos sonic youth most underrated band

This song sounds like its about cocaine. Sugar (looks kinda like coke), Kane (CocaCAINE).

and burning in their eyes Cocaine makes your eyes HUGE

i love you all time i need you eight to nine i can stay all night your bodie's shining He is addicted to coke, needs it all the time. He can stay all night because coke makes you unable to sleep

angel come and play you fly me away Obviously talking about a cocaine high

There are more references but these are the most obvious ones. Check out Candle or Star Power if your looking for a song about speed.

i cant believe this song ONLY HAS 4 COMMENTS it's like the greatest song eva, okay i've said that about a few SY songs now but this one has a special place in my heart ... for sure

Sugar Kane is the first sonic Youth song I've ever listened. Lovely song with such pretty lyrics. (I didn't know it could be about cocaine tough, I'm glad that I checked this page.)

decent song for ages i thought it was "hey joe come and play" in the last verse sounded pretty good as i well i thought

As much as the name suggests cocaine I can't help but feel in every vein in my body that this song is about good 'ol Mary Jane. Think about it. First of all, the mellow feel to the whole tune, the lyrics(getting to this shortly) and the fact that I can't imagine Sonic Youth as coke fiends.

Ok, so lets analyze:

You're prefect in the way A perfect end today (a joint at the end of the day? a perfect end to the day, one seldom does coke when one is about to go to bed)

You're burning out their lies and burning in their eyes (red, dry eyes with dilated pupils. Also a reference to burning suggest that this is about a drug that is inhaled as smoke)

i love you sugar kane coming from the rain kiss me like a frog turn me into flame (turns your world into magic and mystery, he loves the sugah kane, self explanatory. Also, flame bit another reference to smoke inhalation)

I'm just gonna pick out the most interesting parts now, a lot of it is self-explanatory

i'm back again in love i'm back again a dove (you smoke it and the world is magic again, taking coke wouldn't make you feel like a dove, as he states)

every night i say light is coming (he lights up every evening, another luminous experience every night)

Angel come and play part is self-explanatory

The main reason as to why I am 100% sure this song is about marijuana though, is because of the lines: i love you Sugar Kane a crack into the dream

A crack into the dream eh? Sounds like a spot-on description of a THC high.

That's my opinion anyway.

I love this song. Always joke that it's about me, my surname being Kane. ^.^