I think this song might be about drug addiction and coping with recovery/sobriety.
I'm not gonna gonna walk you through the words cause they're right up there.
To me the verse could represent a drug addicts thought process while on the verge of relapse. He seems to be both justifying and running from a reason to get high again. Even the manic depressive sounding strumming fits The mood perfectly.
The chorus seems to kick down the door and slip right in like an uninvited guest as the slide guitar screams the cries of regret. I think this might be the relapse. The dream like feel in the chorus also seems to harness all the emotions I could imagine an addict would experience during a relapse.
All of the lyrics and even the title of the song make perfect sense for this scenario.
My favorite lines are:
"I wanted to build a stage
I wanted to feel this way"
This has been one of my favorite Frusciante songs ever since I first heard it on the day it came out. And up until now, I have never even tried to think about what he was singing about.
I could be off by a mile. You never know with John Frusciante. Let me know what you think.
Jeff
"I wanted to build a stage
I wanted to feel this way"
I think this song might be about drug addiction and coping with recovery/sobriety.
I'm not gonna gonna walk you through the words cause they're right up there.
To me the verse could represent a drug addicts thought process while on the verge of relapse. He seems to be both justifying and running from a reason to get high again. Even the manic depressive sounding strumming fits The mood perfectly.
The chorus seems to kick down the door and slip right in like an uninvited guest as the slide guitar screams the cries of regret. I think this might be the relapse. The dream like feel in the chorus also seems to harness all the emotions I could imagine an addict would experience during a relapse.
All of the lyrics and even the title of the song make perfect sense for this scenario.
My favorite lines are:
"I wanted to build a stage I wanted to feel this way"
This has been one of my favorite Frusciante songs ever since I first heard it on the day it came out. And up until now, I have never even tried to think about what he was singing about.
I could be off by a mile. You never know with John Frusciante. Let me know what you think.
Jeff
"I wanted to build a stage I wanted to feel this way"