I can't confirm this, but it sounds a lot like
"Breathe it in and gently take it, blowing out
Suck it down and swallow hard again."
I think this is just a getting high song. This is a great song, lyrics notwithstanding, because it has great momentum and release points at the transitional points of verse-to-bridge, bridge-to-chorus, and chorus-to-verse. And even though I'm disinterested in the subject of getting high in songs generally, the lyrics to this song are superb. Just the way they sound put together, and then packaged with the music, is very satisfying.
The chorus to me is proof of this song being about intoxication.
The first verse tells he's just gotten to Dave's (his dealer?). "Been stuck inside" literally means he hasn't been able to leave the place, but a possible interpretation is being "stuck" inside his body (under his skin) by a needle. "Trouble's far away, mother's in her cage" refer to no chance of being caught. "Nothing's gonna pinch this nerve of mine" means he has succeeded in his goal of intoxication and there's no turning back. "I wanna make it right" refers to the false positive feelings when high.
"Close the door," "pull the shade" refer to hiding the activity. "Climb the walls" is a hallucination induced by the drugs. "Feel medicine heal the lines of age" the drugs are erasing his burdens. "I'm here and now I'm gone, I'm there and far beyond" speak of the altered state just achieved. "Hold the potion up" an obvious drug reference. "Stare your shadow down." Face your fears. "Remember to forget and then rename your shame." This alludes to the idea that drugs impair memory.
"I'm on the wire," he's about to take flight
"Over and higher," he's just gotten high
"Over the pretense," he's there to do drugs
"Over the spire," higher still
"On and connected," he's achieving false spirituality through drugs.
"I'm overfloating now," He's gotten very high.
I can't confirm this, but it sounds a lot like "Breathe it in and gently take it, blowing out Suck it down and swallow hard again."
I think this is just a getting high song. This is a great song, lyrics notwithstanding, because it has great momentum and release points at the transitional points of verse-to-bridge, bridge-to-chorus, and chorus-to-verse. And even though I'm disinterested in the subject of getting high in songs generally, the lyrics to this song are superb. Just the way they sound put together, and then packaged with the music, is very satisfying.
The chorus to me is proof of this song being about intoxication.
The first verse tells he's just gotten to Dave's (his dealer?). "Been stuck inside" literally means he hasn't been able to leave the place, but a possible interpretation is being "stuck" inside his body (under his skin) by a needle. "Trouble's far away, mother's in her cage" refer to no chance of being caught. "Nothing's gonna pinch this nerve of mine" means he has succeeded in his goal of intoxication and there's no turning back. "I wanna make it right" refers to the false positive feelings when high.
"Close the door," "pull the shade" refer to hiding the activity. "Climb the walls" is a hallucination induced by the drugs. "Feel medicine heal the lines of age" the drugs are erasing his burdens. "I'm here and now I'm gone, I'm there and far beyond" speak of the altered state just achieved. "Hold the potion up" an obvious drug reference. "Stare your shadow down." Face your fears. "Remember to forget and then rename your shame." This alludes to the idea that drugs impair memory.
"I'm on the wire," he's about to take flight "Over and higher," he's just gotten high "Over the pretense," he's there to do drugs "Over the spire," higher still "On and connected," he's achieving false spirituality through drugs. "I'm overfloating now," He's gotten very high.
And that's what I think.