I think this at least in part about the emptiness of the drug culture of the early nineties esp. among the Seattle bands that got big around this time. "tie another one to your back"="monkey on your back" (addiction). This is esp. haunting b/c Stipe would later lose one of his good friends (Kurt Cobain) to addiction and suicide.
I think this at least in part about the emptiness of the drug culture of the early nineties esp. among the Seattle bands that got big around this time. "tie another one to your back"="monkey on your back" (addiction). This is esp. haunting b/c Stipe would later lose one of his good friends (Kurt Cobain) to addiction and suicide.