"you pin the medals to your chest
and settle down for seven minutes rest
you dim the lights, administer the cure
you tried it several times, you're still not sure"
the first two lines seem to be talking about maybe someone famous maybe a musician or something, hence "pins medals on chest"
then how they rest in their room to shoot up in the dark. he's tried heroin a lot of times and thinks about giving it up.
"you take the first one for free
and pass it on to me
i don't refuse
baby, if you only knew
but i don't think you do"
Here he got a drug from someone for free and thought he'd share it w/ the one singing the song. His friend takes it, but is more worried bout his friend than himself. Maybe becuz now the singer knows his friend is an addict.
"you take the lines from ordinary books
you're disappointed in the way she looks
you cut the circulation to your hand
and calculate the motion of the land"
To me this sounds like instead of making up more of his music, he gets ideas from random books. Prob becuz hes more into drugs than his music now.
The woman line is pretty easy to figure out. And so is the last two lines.
"then you, fall back asleep
and wander down the street that loses you
don't say you feel the same way too
honey, i don't think you do"
Here he goes down drug alley basically and gets more supply. At this point prob his gf wants to leave him, becuz hes just a diff guy now. Or either he breaks up w/ her becuz she doesnt shoot up w/ him.
"you cut the worms and bait them on the hooks
you cast a line towards the closest brooks
you meet the girl who says she knows the plan
you act impressed and say you understand
'cause you, like to believe, that all that love is free
oh, someone like you, will never be lonely, or get the blues
but darlin', it's not true"
Okay, in this stanza he's prob doing a show and is trying to act all cool just to reel in some hot girls or groupies. He finally meets one and she starts saying how shes the perfect one or w.e. So he goes off w/ her. The last couple lines here mean as if ur a rockstar and everything just comes to you, even love. But "thats not true" cuz its not love. It's only lust, not the real kind of love.
okay so this is just my opinion on the song...
"you pin the medals to your chest and settle down for seven minutes rest you dim the lights, administer the cure you tried it several times, you're still not sure" the first two lines seem to be talking about maybe someone famous maybe a musician or something, hence "pins medals on chest" then how they rest in their room to shoot up in the dark. he's tried heroin a lot of times and thinks about giving it up.
"you take the first one for free and pass it on to me i don't refuse baby, if you only knew but i don't think you do" Here he got a drug from someone for free and thought he'd share it w/ the one singing the song. His friend takes it, but is more worried bout his friend than himself. Maybe becuz now the singer knows his friend is an addict.
"you take the lines from ordinary books you're disappointed in the way she looks you cut the circulation to your hand and calculate the motion of the land" To me this sounds like instead of making up more of his music, he gets ideas from random books. Prob becuz hes more into drugs than his music now. The woman line is pretty easy to figure out. And so is the last two lines.
"then you, fall back asleep and wander down the street that loses you don't say you feel the same way too honey, i don't think you do" Here he goes down drug alley basically and gets more supply. At this point prob his gf wants to leave him, becuz hes just a diff guy now. Or either he breaks up w/ her becuz she doesnt shoot up w/ him.
"you cut the worms and bait them on the hooks you cast a line towards the closest brooks you meet the girl who says she knows the plan you act impressed and say you understand 'cause you, like to believe, that all that love is free oh, someone like you, will never be lonely, or get the blues but darlin', it's not true" Okay, in this stanza he's prob doing a show and is trying to act all cool just to reel in some hot girls or groupies. He finally meets one and she starts saying how shes the perfect one or w.e. So he goes off w/ her. The last couple lines here mean as if ur a rockstar and everything just comes to you, even love. But "thats not true" cuz its not love. It's only lust, not the real kind of love.
....weelll this is my perspective :)