I might be alone when I say this, but I definitely think that this song is a continuance of "Vanus Empty" off New Medicines, there are just too many similarities/matching ideas.
For instance, in Vanus Empty there is a line referencing vanity, as there is in the song Narcotic. (This is just my take on it but..) I believe Vanus Empty was about a girl caught underneath the pressures of society, and vanity, being pushed to appear beautiful and graceful in today's world, but she couldn't cope so that would lead to her eventual suicide. Especially because of one of the last lines of that song "So Vanity's got this new gun that she wants to try on you. And as we stand here waiting for the sound.." Once again about the pressure being pushed onto her, and they waited for her to break, hence the "gun" that she would use to end her life.
And if you know what vanity means, then it makes perfect sense.
As in "Narcotic", it's the "day after", after she has commit suicide. "You sold your soul for an ounce of attention" along with "Vanity's gun left you dead in Hollywood" are both great examples of this. Especially that part about being in Hollywood, right in the middle of spotlight, where all the beautiful people coincide.
As for the song title "Narcotic", it's aptly titled. With the lines "Breed it, and bear it, and make it your narcotic" along with "You sold your soul, now they want more" and "Empty, addicted, and screaming for comfort" would leave the listener to assume that this girl made vanity, or looking good, her "Narcotic", or addiction. Trying desperately to keep up the act, this is her story.
I might be alone when I say this, but I definitely think that this song is a continuance of "Vanus Empty" off New Medicines, there are just too many similarities/matching ideas.
For instance, in Vanus Empty there is a line referencing vanity, as there is in the song Narcotic. (This is just my take on it but..) I believe Vanus Empty was about a girl caught underneath the pressures of society, and vanity, being pushed to appear beautiful and graceful in today's world, but she couldn't cope so that would lead to her eventual suicide. Especially because of one of the last lines of that song "So Vanity's got this new gun that she wants to try on you. And as we stand here waiting for the sound.." Once again about the pressure being pushed onto her, and they waited for her to break, hence the "gun" that she would use to end her life.
And if you know what vanity means, then it makes perfect sense.
As in "Narcotic", it's the "day after", after she has commit suicide. "You sold your soul for an ounce of attention" along with "Vanity's gun left you dead in Hollywood" are both great examples of this. Especially that part about being in Hollywood, right in the middle of spotlight, where all the beautiful people coincide.
As for the song title "Narcotic", it's aptly titled. With the lines "Breed it, and bear it, and make it your narcotic" along with "You sold your soul, now they want more" and "Empty, addicted, and screaming for comfort" would leave the listener to assume that this girl made vanity, or looking good, her "Narcotic", or addiction. Trying desperately to keep up the act, this is her story.