The song is so clearly about two drug addicted lovers that a car crash never entered my mind. "Powder Blue" could be a reference to the appearance of an addicts' skin tone or a name given to the "blend" produced by their drug dealer (just as those who deal in mushroom strains like name their final product). "You never get so close to death,
Makes you so alive" is likely to do with the unknown quality and origin of "street" drugs. As the affect of the drug begins to manifest, where it will take you is unknown. If "cut" with poison, you die. If high quality, you fly. I prefer adrenaline myself ;-)
The song is so clearly about two drug addicted lovers that a car crash never entered my mind. "Powder Blue" could be a reference to the appearance of an addicts' skin tone or a name given to the "blend" produced by their drug dealer (just as those who deal in mushroom strains like name their final product). "You never get so close to death, Makes you so alive" is likely to do with the unknown quality and origin of "street" drugs. As the affect of the drug begins to manifest, where it will take you is unknown. If "cut" with poison, you die. If high quality, you fly. I prefer adrenaline myself ;-)
IMHO