Lyric discussion by Banky 

Cover art for Soup lyrics by Blind Melon

I am totally on board with the drugs. BM has been and always will be about the struggle to step up to life - to take responsibility and to make something of it. At first that is all I got from it. Then I got a habit and heard a lot more. I don't know that shannon ever caught a habit but he definately shot dope (axl rose is god). Plus "shooting dope" is often used to refer to drug use overall - captures the false hope and degredation. bitter beans = dope. willing to do anything for this thing that seems like it could make everything alright even if just for a minute - but i know it is so not worth it.

Soup and Nico are totally about the struggle with drugs, which is not all that different from struggles people have without drugs. - the struggle to live