Solitude

Degradation Trip, the title of the album and the most menacing lyrics to the song. It sets the entire theme of the album. Jerry wrote this album in the midst of sobering up. It was a long struggle, which took him years, even after the album was finished. This is really the pinnacle of his addiction. He knows he is at a low and near death, as supported by the lyrics "my own ghost awaits" and from here on out he fights regain control in his life. "pull the weeds Choking flowers in your life."

The entire album is very reflective over his entire life. It's as if he sat down to right an album, and realized how bad his life really was at that point. He reflects his childhood, his success as musician, his relationships, his addictions, and finally, he works to overcome them, and sets his goal to better his life. Each song is just a chapter in the novel that is Degradation Trip.

I can't believe no posts for this song! Its about the road to depression and insanity. It is a long road and the "degradation trip" is about drug or alcohol use/abuse. It takes awhile, but his friend Layne Staley eventually got there. It is basicly Jerry's song about the cycle of "do drugs because things suck" and the eventual "things suck because I do drugs". Or it may be even deeper than that. This "solitude" is the real problem, but drugs and booze helped for awhile. Now they help very little, but I have no better alternative. I hate the drugs, I hate were I am now, I hate everything. Shit! Fuck it. I am goin to get high. The cycle of shit keeps goin on. Until insanity takes you.

I think the last post was total shit! Who do you think you are anyway? What a creep!!