I'm the first one to comment? Cool. I love this song. :)
The first time I heard this and read the lyrics, I thought it was stupid, and one of the Manics' worst pieces. I liked the tune, but at the time, the lyrics meant nothing to me. Then I read in an interview/article somewhere that Winston Churchhill called his depression a "black dog", and that's where the song title came from. Now I feel dumb for not looking deeper into it, as the Manics almost always have a deeper, sometimes implied, meaning.
I too love this song, best on the album, so well written and the orchestral part is superb. I have only ever understood these lyrics to be about someone with a drink problem.Black dog being alcohol. Why do we all look deeper into the lyrics than this?
Read the Lyrics , written with basic symbolism and symptoms of an alcoholic.
I too love this song, best on the album, so well written and the orchestral part is superb. I have only ever understood these lyrics to be about someone with a drink problem.Black dog being alcohol. Why do we all look deeper into the lyrics than this?
Read the Lyrics , written with basic symbolism and symptoms of an alcoholic.
I'm the first one to comment? Cool. I love this song. :)
The first time I heard this and read the lyrics, I thought it was stupid, and one of the Manics' worst pieces. I liked the tune, but at the time, the lyrics meant nothing to me. Then I read in an interview/article somewhere that Winston Churchhill called his depression a "black dog", and that's where the song title came from. Now I feel dumb for not looking deeper into it, as the Manics almost always have a deeper, sometimes implied, meaning.
I too love this song, best on the album, so well written and the orchestral part is superb. I have only ever understood these lyrics to be about someone with a drink problem.Black dog being alcohol. Why do we all look deeper into the lyrics than this? Read the Lyrics , written with basic symbolism and symptoms of an alcoholic.
I too love this song, best on the album, so well written and the orchestral part is superb. I have only ever understood these lyrics to be about someone with a drink problem.Black dog being alcohol. Why do we all look deeper into the lyrics than this? Read the Lyrics , written with basic symbolism and symptoms of an alcoholic.