I really don't think this song is about Mary at all...i think it's all about the drugs, how it's gripped him and he can't really let go. And when he mentions the good life, i agree he is refering to the life he wants and what he thinks about to stop him from taking the drugs, 'it's the craving for the good life
That sees me through troubled times
When the mind begins to wander to the spoon'
I really don't think this song is about Mary at all...i think it's all about the drugs, how it's gripped him and he can't really let go. And when he mentions the good life, i agree he is refering to the life he wants and what he thinks about to stop him from taking the drugs, 'it's the craving for the good life That sees me through troubled times When the mind begins to wander to the spoon'