This is their own way of sending their message that drugs arent the way.the monkey refers to the drugs, dragging you down whever, and you jsut keep feeding it but it wont go away, and it stops you from moving forward."when all your friends are dying" shows that the effects of teh drugs is killing off your friendships, destroying your life. As musicians, they need to appeal to their audience, so the age old"jsut say no" line wont work on the kids who listen to them, so they have to be more harsh"feedin that fuckin monkey on my back"
This is their own way of sending their message that drugs arent the way.the monkey refers to the drugs, dragging you down whever, and you jsut keep feeding it but it wont go away, and it stops you from moving forward."when all your friends are dying" shows that the effects of teh drugs is killing off your friendships, destroying your life. As musicians, they need to appeal to their audience, so the age old"jsut say no" line wont work on the kids who listen to them, so they have to be more harsh"feedin that fuckin monkey on my back"