I really love this song. The subject is quite easier to follow than most Aesop songs, yet the poetry in it is still quite deep.
It's obviously the story of a couple misguided souls. The female is nihilistic and lost.. The male is misguided and naiive. With the metaphor of Newton's laws, the male figure is spiritually not at rest while the female figure is. She clings to him and uses him and pretends like she cares about his passions, but really she could care less, she's just on her way to death and knows it. He's an introverted fellow, a bit in his own head so he doesn't see her for who she really is and their lives for heading in the direction they really are... He's abusing drugs and destroying himself much like she is, but spiritually he still has hopes and dreams... And he naiively shares them with her with his story of a life together.
She responds with "You ain't shit man, your story's a joke, you should package it with a last rope and six feet of rope."
Which seems cruel. And it is and it isn't.. She's spelling out the harsh truth for him. Hitting him over the head with a clue bat, which is maybe tough love - rather than cruelty. Your story is a joke. Look at yourself! Getting drunk and high! If you took all your hopes and dreams... packaged them (in a grave) with a last smoke and 6 feet of rope. The metaphor is powerful. The hopes are hopeless - without even the gumption to put down the last smoke and climb up out of its grave.
She then proceeds to prove her point as he's out of the house trying to deal with this reality... She chooses death.
I really love this song. The subject is quite easier to follow than most Aesop songs, yet the poetry in it is still quite deep.
It's obviously the story of a couple misguided souls. The female is nihilistic and lost.. The male is misguided and naiive. With the metaphor of Newton's laws, the male figure is spiritually not at rest while the female figure is. She clings to him and uses him and pretends like she cares about his passions, but really she could care less, she's just on her way to death and knows it. He's an introverted fellow, a bit in his own head so he doesn't see her for who she really is and their lives for heading in the direction they really are... He's abusing drugs and destroying himself much like she is, but spiritually he still has hopes and dreams... And he naiively shares them with her with his story of a life together.
She responds with "You ain't shit man, your story's a joke, you should package it with a last rope and six feet of rope."
Which seems cruel. And it is and it isn't.. She's spelling out the harsh truth for him. Hitting him over the head with a clue bat, which is maybe tough love - rather than cruelty. Your story is a joke. Look at yourself! Getting drunk and high! If you took all your hopes and dreams... packaged them (in a grave) with a last smoke and 6 feet of rope. The metaphor is powerful. The hopes are hopeless - without even the gumption to put down the last smoke and climb up out of its grave.
She then proceeds to prove her point as he's out of the house trying to deal with this reality... She chooses death.