I can't say for sure, but every single line in this song seems to scream "heroin addiction". This is the song that got me through my own heroin withdrawl. I could, however, see the whole 'medicating of society' business making sense.
"let these walkers trip on
endless proof"
If you've ever hung out with heroin addicts (the real, hardcore ones) you'll start to notice they tend to carry themselves like old folks. the 'endless proof' is the fact that every user is conscious of what they're doing to themselves.
"hypodermic people poking
fun at the living
please lift the weight out of this
it takes the weight out of living"
'poking fun at the living' is basically saying hey, there are people out there struggling to put food on the table (or their families, bahaha), meanwhile junkies could blow 80 bucks in one night just to get high. 'please lift the weight out of this...' i think is pretty indicative of when you get one of your buddies to help you shoot up. 'lifting the weight out' is when you pull out a little blood from the vein to make sure you banged it in correctly.
finally "and if this clock keeps ticking away
will time be hesitated
of all the minutes that were
taken away..." i don't think i need to explain that junkies are deleting a few minutes (actually, probably a few years) from their lives.
Shit, i'm so glad i'm clean now. I credit this band with saving my life. Nothing made me want to get sober more than cedric telling me i was an asshole haha.
I can't say for sure, but every single line in this song seems to scream "heroin addiction". This is the song that got me through my own heroin withdrawl. I could, however, see the whole 'medicating of society' business making sense.
"let these walkers trip on endless proof" If you've ever hung out with heroin addicts (the real, hardcore ones) you'll start to notice they tend to carry themselves like old folks. the 'endless proof' is the fact that every user is conscious of what they're doing to themselves.
"hypodermic people poking fun at the living please lift the weight out of this it takes the weight out of living"
'poking fun at the living' is basically saying hey, there are people out there struggling to put food on the table (or their families, bahaha), meanwhile junkies could blow 80 bucks in one night just to get high. 'please lift the weight out of this...' i think is pretty indicative of when you get one of your buddies to help you shoot up. 'lifting the weight out' is when you pull out a little blood from the vein to make sure you banged it in correctly.
finally "and if this clock keeps ticking away will time be hesitated of all the minutes that were taken away..." i don't think i need to explain that junkies are deleting a few minutes (actually, probably a few years) from their lives.
Shit, i'm so glad i'm clean now. I credit this band with saving my life. Nothing made me want to get sober more than cedric telling me i was an asshole haha.
stick to weed, kids.