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Daybreak, wind is blowing strong
No escape, caught on a reef in the storm
Cast away, licking his cracked lips sore
Patient waits, hoping the rats reach the shore
Yesterday, seems a lifetime now
Remembering, those he left and how
Out in space, laughing at all below
Island stage, plays to his thoughts and ego
Dusk fall, fading sun no firelight
Memories, amplified his plight
Gathering, searching for shelter above
Feel the sting, choking on hoarded love
Their goals, I cast away...
Their goals, I cast away...
Their goals, I cast away.
No escape, caught on a reef in the storm
Cast away, licking his cracked lips sore
Patient waits, hoping the rats reach the shore
Remembering, those he left and how
Out in space, laughing at all below
Island stage, plays to his thoughts and ego
Memories, amplified his plight
Gathering, searching for shelter above
Feel the sting, choking on hoarded love
Their goals, I cast away...
Their goals, I cast away.
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This is about a castaway...
Instead of "Their goals, I cast away...", it's supposed to be: "Thin, cold, tired... castaway". There you go.
Get song and lyrics, jerry just lets you picture whats going on. my fave cantrell song. How's he come up with this stuff?\m/
This is about Jerry feeling cut adrift from his former life as a "rock star" (the "shore"), something he'd always wanted, eventually found, but was then cut loose,"castaway" like an a boat in a storm.
He used to be on his island stage, all full of himself (ego), laughing at the audiences at his shows ("Don't you wish you were me?"), indulging in all the various excesses of that life. But now he's all alone, full stop, friends and family members are dead, things have spun out of control, and his own drug addiction has taken over his life. Making things worse are his memories of Layne, how he treated him (and never got to apologize or say goodbye), and what he had before things came to a crashing halt. There's a difference knowing that something is coming to an end and having it actually happen. Jerry was well aware (as he had said in interviews) that his band was coming to an end, and Layne was choosing slow suicide, but now that it had all actually happened, he was completely lost.
There's actually a video on YT of Jerry at some festival in California--he mentions it's the first time he'd been out and about for months, and lemme tell you--he looked TERRIBLE. Haggard, thin/gaunt, forcing a smile, coke-driven chatter, a former shell of himself. It was quite scary to see. Things had really caught up with him.