I dunno what he means by that first line but I'd never try and figure it out, Elliott's lyrics were too amazing for that. I prefer to see them from a personal point of view. Like I hear the chorus as...
"There's a riot coming, like a drug in the water.
A BUNCH in the stomach makes sons into daughters"
I feel like he may be talking about those prescription pills, taking a bunch of them in his stomach. But that's more a personal thing, I know what addiciton to painkillers can do. I guess the thought of it "making sons into daughters" is kinda scary, some prescription pills can cause impotence O_O
Okey I know the lyrics of this song have never been printed, but I'm sure the first line is "In Storyville, I fucked a cop". Storyville being this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyville
I dunno what he means by that first line but I'd never try and figure it out, Elliott's lyrics were too amazing for that. I prefer to see them from a personal point of view. Like I hear the chorus as...
"There's a riot coming, like a drug in the water. A BUNCH in the stomach makes sons into daughters"
I feel like he may be talking about those prescription pills, taking a bunch of them in his stomach. But that's more a personal thing, I know what addiciton to painkillers can do. I guess the thought of it "making sons into daughters" is kinda scary, some prescription pills can cause impotence O_O