To me this song is all about the struggle he's facing with Heroin.
The song tempo changes from when he's sober and suffering, to when he's high, mellow and doesn't care...
"What the hell am I? Thousand eyes, a fly; Lucky then I'd be; In one day deceased" Means that he's suffering and in pain, and lucky if he died...
"I can feel the wheel, but I can't steer;When my thoughts become my biggest fear; Ah, what's the difference, I'll die; In this sick world of mine" Means he's out of control when he's high, but what does it matter, because he'll die because addiction
"What the hell am I? Leper from inside. Inside wall of peace. Dirty and diseased" Means that he is sober and suffering and feeling like a leper, dirty and diseased...
"Can you see the end? Choke on me my friend. Must to drown these thoughts. Purity over rot" Means he's contemplating death, and then thinking that he has to stop thinking like that and pray for help...
"Yeah, though I walk through the valley of rape and despair. With head high and eyes alert. I tread on a plane of many. We who are of good nature and intention, But cannot touch on the dark. Recesses of memory And pain learned, so come walk
With me, feel the pain, And release it..." To me this is like the heroin users prayer, and basically why they recruit friends to use with them...
"What the hell am I? Worn eroded pride. Saddened 10 miles wide. I'm gonna let it slide." Means he's sober, suffering, and his ego is hurt, super depressed, but he's going to let it slide when he gets high...
It's pretty cool how they use the tempo change to make the distinction of what their thoughts are when sober and high... Heroin is some bad shit...
Im a recovering addict and you nailed it on the head man. I feel Layne was stating exactly what KingPin3 said Which leads me to believe you are recovering too?
Im a recovering addict and you nailed it on the head man. I feel Layne was stating exactly what KingPin3 said Which leads me to believe you are recovering too?
To me this song is all about the struggle he's facing with Heroin.
The song tempo changes from when he's sober and suffering, to when he's high, mellow and doesn't care...
"What the hell am I? Thousand eyes, a fly; Lucky then I'd be; In one day deceased" Means that he's suffering and in pain, and lucky if he died...
"I can feel the wheel, but I can't steer;When my thoughts become my biggest fear; Ah, what's the difference, I'll die; In this sick world of mine" Means he's out of control when he's high, but what does it matter, because he'll die because addiction
"What the hell am I? Leper from inside. Inside wall of peace. Dirty and diseased" Means that he is sober and suffering and feeling like a leper, dirty and diseased...
"Can you see the end? Choke on me my friend. Must to drown these thoughts. Purity over rot" Means he's contemplating death, and then thinking that he has to stop thinking like that and pray for help...
"Yeah, though I walk through the valley of rape and despair. With head high and eyes alert. I tread on a plane of many. We who are of good nature and intention, But cannot touch on the dark. Recesses of memory And pain learned, so come walk With me, feel the pain, And release it..." To me this is like the heroin users prayer, and basically why they recruit friends to use with them...
"What the hell am I? Worn eroded pride. Saddened 10 miles wide. I'm gonna let it slide." Means he's sober, suffering, and his ego is hurt, super depressed, but he's going to let it slide when he gets high...
It's pretty cool how they use the tempo change to make the distinction of what their thoughts are when sober and high... Heroin is some bad shit...
Im a recovering addict and you nailed it on the head man. I feel Layne was stating exactly what KingPin3 said Which leads me to believe you are recovering too?
Im a recovering addict and you nailed it on the head man. I feel Layne was stating exactly what KingPin3 said Which leads me to believe you are recovering too?