i think this song may be about being addictied to drugs. in the first verse he says:
"You dropped your medicine
Inside the water that we drink
Mama, tell me do I have a fever?"
this may be how he didn't realize what he was geting into.
in the chorus he says:
"Oh Lord, This road I travel
Has made my head unravel"
i think he's saying here how messed up he feels.
throughout the song he talks about wanting to go home, but the road won't let him.
i.e. he can't get off the drugs.
in the second two verses he talks about different directions in his life and about the south and going south. i've heard the expression "things went south" to mean that things went wrong, and i think that's what he means here.
i may be wrong, and i may be right, everyone has their opinions, but that's just what i get from this song.
i think this song may be about being addictied to drugs. in the first verse he says: "You dropped your medicine Inside the water that we drink Mama, tell me do I have a fever?" this may be how he didn't realize what he was geting into. in the chorus he says: "Oh Lord, This road I travel Has made my head unravel" i think he's saying here how messed up he feels. throughout the song he talks about wanting to go home, but the road won't let him. i.e. he can't get off the drugs. in the second two verses he talks about different directions in his life and about the south and going south. i've heard the expression "things went south" to mean that things went wrong, and i think that's what he means here. i may be wrong, and i may be right, everyone has their opinions, but that's just what i get from this song.