Actually, the "metal man" could refer to a bent spoon used to cook up heroin, or to the syringe itself, with its metal needle.
And an addict doesn't need to be hooked on an upper to need a fix to get going. An opiate addict goes through awful withdrawals when they go without a fix for too long, and at a certain level of addiction one needs the drug just to feel normal - to quell the shaking and nausea etc. It seems likely to me that the addict Elliott is referring to has reached this point - he or she doesn't just shoot up once in a while to get high, they need it day in and day out to feel "normal" - to "pick up their feet".
Its also important to note the many references to heroin that are sprinkled throughout the s/t album. Why would the topic of discussion change so dramatically now? Its obvious to me that the drug use of people around him was affecting Elliott dramatically at this time ... why they would suddenly change their DOC is beyond me. It doesn't make sense. So I'm not buying....
Actually, the "metal man" could refer to a bent spoon used to cook up heroin, or to the syringe itself, with its metal needle.
And an addict doesn't need to be hooked on an upper to need a fix to get going. An opiate addict goes through awful withdrawals when they go without a fix for too long, and at a certain level of addiction one needs the drug just to feel normal - to quell the shaking and nausea etc. It seems likely to me that the addict Elliott is referring to has reached this point - he or she doesn't just shoot up once in a while to get high, they need it day in and day out to feel "normal" - to "pick up their feet".
Its also important to note the many references to heroin that are sprinkled throughout the s/t album. Why would the topic of discussion change so dramatically now? Its obvious to me that the drug use of people around him was affecting Elliott dramatically at this time ... why they would suddenly change their DOC is beyond me. It doesn't make sense. So I'm not buying....