thank you for your comment edmonddantes. i love this song and i agree that references to drug use and addiction are "scattered" as you put it through a lot of his songs.
And that's OK... it's no secret that he was addicted to heroin and if he never wrote about something that was as integral part of life for him (because anyone who has ever had a drug problem knows it sort of just takes over your life) that would be strange, and also would take away from the brutal honesty and raw beauty of his music... the reason hardcore fans fell in love with him/his work to begin with.
I've seen and read quite a few interviews of his and i don't think elliot wanted people to listen to his songs and assume they knew him as a person just because he was an artist who revealed bits and pieces of truths about his own life through his music. We don't know what he was thinking when he wrote his songs. I do think however that as fans we want to believe that our interpretations clue us in on the brilliant mind of that beautiful man.
thank you for your comment edmonddantes. i love this song and i agree that references to drug use and addiction are "scattered" as you put it through a lot of his songs. And that's OK... it's no secret that he was addicted to heroin and if he never wrote about something that was as integral part of life for him (because anyone who has ever had a drug problem knows it sort of just takes over your life) that would be strange, and also would take away from the brutal honesty and raw beauty of his music... the reason hardcore fans fell in love with him/his work to begin with.
I've seen and read quite a few interviews of his and i don't think elliot wanted people to listen to his songs and assume they knew him as a person just because he was an artist who revealed bits and pieces of truths about his own life through his music. We don't know what he was thinking when he wrote his songs. I do think however that as fans we want to believe that our interpretations clue us in on the brilliant mind of that beautiful man.