I didn't register for this site until I read what people said about this song. I can't believe that none of these primus fans can figure out what they are talking about (at least what I feel to be blatantly obvious). Crystal Meth.
"Skinny was born in a bathtub." Much home made meth is cooked in bathtubs, therefore, that was how he was born, or how 'Skinny' was made.
"And he grew so incredibly thin, even the end of an eyedropper sucked him in." (Most) people get crazy thin if they're a meth addict
The questions and lights parts, maybe he never questioned what he was doing, and he just went with it.
About selling things, a person is likely to go broke, likely lose their job if they are a serious addict, so they are going to sell whatever they can to get a fix.
The whole Constantinople part...well, perhaps since that city is no more, he's on his way to becoming the same. Not really sure, that just seems to ride on the surface of what they may mean.
I didn't register for this site until I read what people said about this song. I can't believe that none of these primus fans can figure out what they are talking about (at least what I feel to be blatantly obvious). Crystal Meth.
"Skinny was born in a bathtub." Much home made meth is cooked in bathtubs, therefore, that was how he was born, or how 'Skinny' was made.
"And he grew so incredibly thin, even the end of an eyedropper sucked him in." (Most) people get crazy thin if they're a meth addict
The questions and lights parts, maybe he never questioned what he was doing, and he just went with it.
About selling things, a person is likely to go broke, likely lose their job if they are a serious addict, so they are going to sell whatever they can to get a fix.
The whole Constantinople part...well, perhaps since that city is no more, he's on his way to becoming the same. Not really sure, that just seems to ride on the surface of what they may mean.