Well, if this came from the mind of Scott Weiland before he himself got entangled with heroine, I think he might just be trying to articulate the heroine addiction based on what he saw in someone he knew. He is/was an artist, and not all art pops out of a vacuum.
Jay46 has a good interpretation. I can't really dispute it but I don't entirely agree with it. I don't really read into it that the singer is contemplating murder so much as suicide.
But I will give you that the line "Got the mud beneath my shoes" sounds like this guys is out and about on foot, possibly in inclimate weather (or at least less than ideal conditions)...if I was dead set on killing someone...a little rain would be a very minor concern (especially if I was high and/or crashing...). If I just wanted to off myself, I would probably stay inside...
"Kickin' as I'm tryin' to sleep" - yeah, insomnia, withdrawls, possibly low grade stuff leading to a bad trip...
"Got the mud beneath my shoes " - (see above)
"Rubber band, rubber band" - Probably a reference to the turniquit used in preparation of shooting up, a reference to his addiction...
"Gun in hand, gun in hand" - I guess it could be a masturbatory reference, but kinda doubt it. I rather think it's more along the lines of a .45 and not a Big Johnson...
"I wanna use" - Dual meaning, he at once wants to use more heroine, and as a result he wants to use the gun (on himself or his dealer)
"Roamin', roamin', roam
Get away gotta get away" - Likely a simulcra of drug induced ramblings, but I could kind see it representing a permanently lost or spaced out feeling from execive drug use. Or perhaps he was "roaming" through life, lost confused, whatever and that's how he got started with heroine. Just wanted to "get away", and now it's the drugs he wants to get away from. Again, we potential for a dual meaning.
"And I think I think too much" - As you can see in the partially nonsensical and repetative nature of the lyrics, the singer is going around in circles mentally. Even HE realizes it, and sees that thinking about his situation only drives him further into dispair and only increases his problems...
"I don't care, yeah and I don't care" - No one does when they are sufficiently anesthetised...
"Trippin' as I'm thinkin'
'Bout a boy, his name was Sue
He's a man, he's man
Crackerman, crackerman
He's a woman too" - This could be virtually anything. He could be musing on his own past.
If you REALLY want to read into it, he's remembering his descent into drug use. A boy named Sue would probably have been viewed as weak and girlish, and not really a threat (hey...we're talking schoolyard/playground logic here...), much as many people view drugs as fun and recreational aids, ignoring the danger inherint in their use. But this 'boy' turns out to be a 'Man' , decidedly more dangerous than a mere boy. But at the same time he/it's a woman as well, seductive and sweet.
Or this could be one of those times when 'a cigar is just a cigar', and he is simply hallucinating as he prowls the streets looking for a fix. He sees a boy, and then a man, and then a woman walk by, and in his altered state they seem to transform from one to the other...
"And I'm thinkin'
While I'm thinkin'" - Still trying to puzzle out his situation with a deck of only 48 cards or so...
"Wind traps
Mud flaps
Dust, blowin' in my eyes...
I'm rollin'
I'm rollin'
I'm a'rollin'" - I don't know about this...highway imagery ? Is he hitchiking to get out of the city to start over ? Did he steal a 16 wheeler ? Or get HIT by one so hard he flew through the air and then just rolled, and rolled, and rolled...
Well, that's what I get out of it anyway. :)
CORE was one of the first rock albums I ever listened to (back in the goold old days of yore when pirating media involved a CD, an audio cassette, a cheap dual tape deck, and a friend with similar taste in music), an indelible part of my college years. Wicked Garden, Plush, and Where the River Goes are my three favorites off that album, but it's one of the few albums out there that I like to listen all the way through.
@TsingTao Gun is a syringe in this context, he's holding rubber band and a needle and wants to shoot, and shoots crack cocaine I think (could be heroin).
@TsingTao Gun is a syringe in this context, he's holding rubber band and a needle and wants to shoot, and shoots crack cocaine I think (could be heroin).
Boy named Sue is a dealer, and he's also a woman (someone he needs for his pleasure). He thinks of his dealer cause he fucked him giving weak stuff.
Boy named Sue is a dealer, and he's also a woman (someone he needs for his pleasure). He thinks of his dealer cause he fucked him giving weak stuff.
@TsingTao "Gun in hand" probably doesn't refer to a literal gun, but rather a syringe. Common street parlance for a needle in the 90s was "gun". He's contemplating using again. Hell he even says it. Rubber band (the tourniquet) gun in hand (his rig) and I'm gonna use. Notice he doesn't say "THAT" I'm going to use. He says AND I'm going to "use" (again common parlance for an addict falling off the wagon). He's relapsing
@TsingTao "Gun in hand" probably doesn't refer to a literal gun, but rather a syringe. Common street parlance for a needle in the 90s was "gun". He's contemplating using again. Hell he even says it. Rubber band (the tourniquet) gun in hand (his rig) and I'm gonna use. Notice he doesn't say "THAT" I'm going to use. He says AND I'm going to "use" (again common parlance for an addict falling off the wagon). He's relapsing
Well, if this came from the mind of Scott Weiland before he himself got entangled with heroine, I think he might just be trying to articulate the heroine addiction based on what he saw in someone he knew. He is/was an artist, and not all art pops out of a vacuum.
Jay46 has a good interpretation. I can't really dispute it but I don't entirely agree with it. I don't really read into it that the singer is contemplating murder so much as suicide.
But I will give you that the line "Got the mud beneath my shoes" sounds like this guys is out and about on foot, possibly in inclimate weather (or at least less than ideal conditions)...if I was dead set on killing someone...a little rain would be a very minor concern (especially if I was high and/or crashing...). If I just wanted to off myself, I would probably stay inside...
"Kickin' as I'm tryin' to sleep" - yeah, insomnia, withdrawls, possibly low grade stuff leading to a bad trip...
"Got the mud beneath my shoes " - (see above)
"Rubber band, rubber band" - Probably a reference to the turniquit used in preparation of shooting up, a reference to his addiction...
"Gun in hand, gun in hand" - I guess it could be a masturbatory reference, but kinda doubt it. I rather think it's more along the lines of a .45 and not a Big Johnson...
"I wanna use" - Dual meaning, he at once wants to use more heroine, and as a result he wants to use the gun (on himself or his dealer)
"Roamin', roamin', roam Get away gotta get away" - Likely a simulcra of drug induced ramblings, but I could kind see it representing a permanently lost or spaced out feeling from execive drug use. Or perhaps he was "roaming" through life, lost confused, whatever and that's how he got started with heroine. Just wanted to "get away", and now it's the drugs he wants to get away from. Again, we potential for a dual meaning.
"And I think I think too much" - As you can see in the partially nonsensical and repetative nature of the lyrics, the singer is going around in circles mentally. Even HE realizes it, and sees that thinking about his situation only drives him further into dispair and only increases his problems...
"I don't care, yeah and I don't care" - No one does when they are sufficiently anesthetised...
"Trippin' as I'm thinkin' 'Bout a boy, his name was Sue He's a man, he's man Crackerman, crackerman He's a woman too" - This could be virtually anything. He could be musing on his own past. If you REALLY want to read into it, he's remembering his descent into drug use. A boy named Sue would probably have been viewed as weak and girlish, and not really a threat (hey...we're talking schoolyard/playground logic here...), much as many people view drugs as fun and recreational aids, ignoring the danger inherint in their use. But this 'boy' turns out to be a 'Man' , decidedly more dangerous than a mere boy. But at the same time he/it's a woman as well, seductive and sweet.
Or this could be one of those times when 'a cigar is just a cigar', and he is simply hallucinating as he prowls the streets looking for a fix. He sees a boy, and then a man, and then a woman walk by, and in his altered state they seem to transform from one to the other...
"And I'm thinkin' While I'm thinkin'" - Still trying to puzzle out his situation with a deck of only 48 cards or so...
"Wind traps Mud flaps Dust, blowin' in my eyes... I'm rollin' I'm rollin' I'm a'rollin'" - I don't know about this...highway imagery ? Is he hitchiking to get out of the city to start over ? Did he steal a 16 wheeler ? Or get HIT by one so hard he flew through the air and then just rolled, and rolled, and rolled...
Well, that's what I get out of it anyway. :)
CORE was one of the first rock albums I ever listened to (back in the goold old days of yore when pirating media involved a CD, an audio cassette, a cheap dual tape deck, and a friend with similar taste in music), an indelible part of my college years. Wicked Garden, Plush, and Where the River Goes are my three favorites off that album, but it's one of the few albums out there that I like to listen all the way through.
nice nice review ... the only one worth reading
nice nice review ... the only one worth reading
thanks for taking the time to write this! awesome review of one of my favorite STP songs
thanks for taking the time to write this! awesome review of one of my favorite STP songs
your right core is their best... i hate when fellow STP fans say it isnt!
your right core is their best... i hate when fellow STP fans say it isnt!
you my friend are a genious
you my friend are a genious
@TsingTao Gun is a syringe in this context, he's holding rubber band and a needle and wants to shoot, and shoots crack cocaine I think (could be heroin).
@TsingTao Gun is a syringe in this context, he's holding rubber band and a needle and wants to shoot, and shoots crack cocaine I think (could be heroin).
Boy named Sue is a dealer, and he's also a woman (someone he needs for his pleasure). He thinks of his dealer cause he fucked him giving weak stuff.
Boy named Sue is a dealer, and he's also a woman (someone he needs for his pleasure). He thinks of his dealer cause he fucked him giving weak stuff.
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@TsingTao "Gun in hand" probably doesn't refer to a literal gun, but rather a syringe. Common street parlance for a needle in the 90s was "gun". He's contemplating using again. Hell he even says it. Rubber band (the tourniquet) gun in hand (his rig) and I'm gonna use. Notice he doesn't say "THAT" I'm going to use. He says AND I'm going to "use" (again common parlance for an addict falling off the wagon). He's relapsing
@TsingTao "Gun in hand" probably doesn't refer to a literal gun, but rather a syringe. Common street parlance for a needle in the 90s was "gun". He's contemplating using again. Hell he even says it. Rubber band (the tourniquet) gun in hand (his rig) and I'm gonna use. Notice he doesn't say "THAT" I'm going to use. He says AND I'm going to "use" (again common parlance for an addict falling off the wagon). He's relapsing