It's about Marvelous 3 breaking up, but written as a metaphor for a relationship. Butch explains it on his solo live record This Is Me...Justified and Stripped.
The first line of the chorus "All that I do..." is pretty much a direct rip of the first line of of the chorus in "All The Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople.
Par example:
All that I do/comes back to you
vs.
All the young dudes/carry the news
I mean...come on!
Anyway I'm sure it was Butch's way of paying tribute to his glam rock forefathers, but I can't help but think about it every time I hear "Cigarette".
It's about Marvelous 3 breaking up, but written as a metaphor for a relationship. Butch explains it on his solo live record This Is Me...Justified and Stripped.
The first line of the chorus "All that I do..." is pretty much a direct rip of the first line of of the chorus in "All The Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople.
Par example:
All that I do/comes back to you vs. All the young dudes/carry the news
I mean...come on!
Anyway I'm sure it was Butch's way of paying tribute to his glam rock forefathers, but I can't help but think about it every time I hear "Cigarette".