Dude, this song is so about the 'life of the walking dead' of drug addicts. Maybe you need the perspective of an addict or someone who has been close to that lifestyle or known people in it to really see it, but if you read the lyrics with that in mind, I think it becomes almost unmistakeable. Their comming down off a high, out of dope, and out in public trying not to be obvious of their condition (maybe they just got pulled over by the cops).
What I love about Toad is that they're lyrics can mean more than one thing within the same framework, as in 'when will we fall down' might mean literally collapsing (maybe dying) from dope sickness or an overdose, or go to jail finally for good. 'Knowing you ain't got nothing left' can mean the desperation of having run out of dope or run out of options. 'Been too long this time' means they've pushed the envelope way too far and stayed srung out past the breaking point.
'She hates her life, her freinds her skin...' is all about the self-loathing addicts feel for the wreckage they've made of thier lives, and the bad associations with likewise dedegenerates (addicts, dope whores and biker dealers). Her 'reutation she can't mend' is about the immoral and humiliating comprimises she's made with her body for the sake of drugs that are well known to thier circle of dopers that fuels her escape deeper into addiction.
Annother Toad dual line is the one about 'someone always being there for bail' could be literal, or could mean there was always someone who could hook them up when they were desperate for more.
I always thought the song was a blend of two addicts hurtling towards rock bottom and could see the end rushing up to meet them, and/or the two of them at some dealer's house with nothing to pay with but her body, therefore: 'for a good friend, I was never there at all'.
Dude, this song is so about the 'life of the walking dead' of drug addicts. Maybe you need the perspective of an addict or someone who has been close to that lifestyle or known people in it to really see it, but if you read the lyrics with that in mind, I think it becomes almost unmistakeable. Their comming down off a high, out of dope, and out in public trying not to be obvious of their condition (maybe they just got pulled over by the cops).
What I love about Toad is that they're lyrics can mean more than one thing within the same framework, as in 'when will we fall down' might mean literally collapsing (maybe dying) from dope sickness or an overdose, or go to jail finally for good. 'Knowing you ain't got nothing left' can mean the desperation of having run out of dope or run out of options. 'Been too long this time' means they've pushed the envelope way too far and stayed srung out past the breaking point.
'She hates her life, her freinds her skin...' is all about the self-loathing addicts feel for the wreckage they've made of thier lives, and the bad associations with likewise dedegenerates (addicts, dope whores and biker dealers). Her 'reutation she can't mend' is about the immoral and humiliating comprimises she's made with her body for the sake of drugs that are well known to thier circle of dopers that fuels her escape deeper into addiction.
Annother Toad dual line is the one about 'someone always being there for bail' could be literal, or could mean there was always someone who could hook them up when they were desperate for more.
I always thought the song was a blend of two addicts hurtling towards rock bottom and could see the end rushing up to meet them, and/or the two of them at some dealer's house with nothing to pay with but her body, therefore: 'for a good friend, I was never there at all'.