I think it's about the bittersweet seduction of heroin addiction. Cold blue steel is the needle, sweet fire the junk. "Black soot of lady release" refers to 'cooking' the heroin in a spoon over a flame (the spoon gets sooty),lady release is the orgasmic pleasure of the drug taking effect.
Another outstandig lyric from the master!
I think it's about the bittersweet seduction of heroin addiction. Cold blue steel is the needle, sweet fire the junk. "Black soot of lady release" refers to 'cooking' the heroin in a spoon over a flame (the spoon gets sooty),lady release is the orgasmic pleasure of the drug taking effect. Another outstandig lyric from the master!
@Zubby I agree. I believe it relates to her partner at the time, James Taylor and his issues with heroin addiction.
@Zubby I agree. I believe it relates to her partner at the time, James Taylor and his issues with heroin addiction.