Weak And Powerless Lyrics

Lyric discussion by deep_and_down 

Cover art for Weak And Powerless lyrics by A Perfect Circle

"Someone feed the monkey while I dig in search of China / White as Dracula as I approach the bottom"

this song is fucking mystery to me. and these two lines keep playing in my head and they are driving me insane. WHAT THE HELL DO THEY MEAN?! FEED THE MONKEY?!!! enlighten me, or i will surely DIE.

"Someone feed the monkey" :Addiction is the monkey.(monkey on one's back)

"while I dig in search of China" :trying to find drugs or the money to buy said drugs can feel like trying to dig to China

"white as Dracula as I approach the bottom" :Ever see a junkie? You could definitely say they are as white as Dracula.

china white also refers to a type of heroin.

and approaching the bottom is pretty straightforward

as stated before by personaldemon

@deep_and_down the "monkey on your back" and when he says dig in search of China, I think he is referring to digging into your veins with needles (heroin addiction)