"riding the white horse" plus the word "line" is an allusion to cocaine use, however, there's a strong allusion to death also..."farewell ride," "burying ground." The slow, trudging tempo of the song with the chains in the backround sounds to me like these "horses" have been taking him down a long lingering road. He also says "some MAY say/this MAY be your LAST farewell ride" as in, there have been other farewell rides. The way the song tapers off in the end, you can almost see him riding off into the distance, thinking it's going to be his last...but it just keeps going...
"riding the white horse" plus the word "line" is an allusion to cocaine use, however, there's a strong allusion to death also..."farewell ride," "burying ground." The slow, trudging tempo of the song with the chains in the backround sounds to me like these "horses" have been taking him down a long lingering road. He also says "some MAY say/this MAY be your LAST farewell ride" as in, there have been other farewell rides. The way the song tapers off in the end, you can almost see him riding off into the distance, thinking it's going to be his last...but it just keeps going...