"Kill your mama, kill your daddy" reminds me of Buddhism. In the 9th Century Lin-chi stated, "...if you meet your parents, kill your parents. If you meet your relatives, kill your relatives." It wasn't meant to be taken literally:
"He was challenging them to get past their daydreams of enlightenment and their dependence on custom, ceremony and traditional piety so that they could see the Dharma directly for themselves." (Ryuei Michael McCormick: Clinging to the Buddha)
The following line, "I'm the peace man so understand me," fits the Buddhist interpretation as well.
The last four lines screams 'addiction' to me in the most heart-wrenching of ways. I imagine the 'sap' to be the chosen substance of addiction. I interpret it as this person being so emotionally attached to this substance that when he was out of it, he "almost died right on your lap."
Perhaps the dying is symbolic for something...hmmm?
"Kill your mama, kill your daddy" reminds me of Buddhism. In the 9th Century Lin-chi stated, "...if you meet your parents, kill your parents. If you meet your relatives, kill your relatives." It wasn't meant to be taken literally:
"He was challenging them to get past their daydreams of enlightenment and their dependence on custom, ceremony and traditional piety so that they could see the Dharma directly for themselves." (Ryuei Michael McCormick: Clinging to the Buddha)
The following line, "I'm the peace man so understand me," fits the Buddhist interpretation as well.
The last four lines screams 'addiction' to me in the most heart-wrenching of ways. I imagine the 'sap' to be the chosen substance of addiction. I interpret it as this person being so emotionally attached to this substance that when he was out of it, he "almost died right on your lap."
Perhaps the dying is symbolic for something...hmmm?
Anyway...that's just one interpretation.
this song was written before frusciante was on any drugs.
this song was written before frusciante was on any drugs.
"jumped out of your old fish mask today"... maybe some kind of reference to captain beefheart "troutmask"
"jumped out of your old fish mask today"... maybe some kind of reference to captain beefheart "troutmask"