I belive this song to be about taking drugs. This is only an opinion. My reasons are why use the name candy, when there are a million girls names you could pick. Is it because she is sweet, maybe. Then so are drugs to their user. Candyland seems to be the place where candy ie. morphine can take him. The song goes on to mention if she died he couldn't go on, but of course we both know that is wrong. If drugs are taken away from the user they do go through hell but they don't die. Then this sentence "But Candy, I said, Candy no You can't do that to me Because you love me way too much For you to ever leave. This is an odd sentence if your talking about a relationship. but from a drug perspective it makes total sense, you can't say to your loved one about leaving if she loves you way too much it's just odd. But heroin loves it user alot and has no intention of letting go so he would die 1st from probable overdose. One final impression this song gave me about taking drugs is "Candy said she's made arrangements
For me in the sand And Candy said she wants me with her Down in Candyland" Making arrangments in sand mean they only exist for 12 hours max before the tide washes it away, and if they are living together why would his beloved girlfriend only be making arrangments like this. To sum up I think this song is about the love hate relationship with drugs like morphine and heroin.
knowing Mark Sandman and his history- this is obviously the most accurate interpretation of the lyrics on here. I'd say its about a love/hate relationship with opiates for sure.
knowing Mark Sandman and his history- this is obviously the most accurate interpretation of the lyrics on here. I'd say its about a love/hate relationship with opiates for sure.
Really outstanding song - haunting in melody and lyrics.
Really outstanding song - haunting in melody and lyrics.
Agree with @morphinejunkie and @coughxcool: this is a song about drugs, morphine or heroin in particular, personified as a lover named "Candy." (Candy could also be a real addict / dealer girlfriend).
Agree with @morphinejunkie and @coughxcool: this is a song about drugs, morphine or heroin in particular, personified as a lover named "Candy." (Candy could also be a real addict / dealer girlfriend).
She's sweet and sexy and seductive and is trying to lure the narrator away from the real world. In Candyland, "nothing really matters anymore" and "she wonders why we try" to live life, i.e., when they could just enjoy the euphoria of being together? Candyland is "down" from real life, a place to be pulled under, to...
She's sweet and sexy and seductive and is trying to lure the narrator away from the real world. In Candyland, "nothing really matters anymore" and "she wonders why we try" to live life, i.e., when they could just enjoy the euphoria of being together? Candyland is "down" from real life, a place to be pulled under, to swim or drown, a lower energy / accomplishment state. "And when I ask her what she means she says I ought to know" is because he's been in this place before... but (see below) isn't using currently.
Of the "arrangements in the sand," the "sand" is the literal powder of the drugs; and time in the hourglass of the narrator's life; and the dirt in which he will eventually be buried. Also, per @morphinejunkie, it's an impermanent thing that will be swept or washed away; it's shiftless and without structure.
"Candy asked me if she died if I could go on / Of course I said I couldn't and of course we knew that's wrong" means, "Could he quit?" He says he can't... but they both know that he COULD quit - and may have already done so. Even as he's saying "But Candy I said Candy no you can't do that to me / Because you love me way to much for you to ever leave" - note that SHE loves HIM too much for HER to ever leave? In part, that's about withdrawl... but also because, in this metaphor, it's ultimately the opiate that needs him to "live."
It seems like the narrator is being tempted... perhaps to fall off the wagon, if he had quit, but it's also possible that this particular "Candy" represents a potential escalation of his habit. Maybe he was using morphine and is contemplating heroin? Or this is supposed to be the "really good" stuff? "But Candy says I'd like it where she is / She says it's an opportunity that I don't want to miss."
On the bright side, it seems like he's not yet taken the step...
I belive this song to be about taking drugs. This is only an opinion. My reasons are why use the name candy, when there are a million girls names you could pick. Is it because she is sweet, maybe. Then so are drugs to their user. Candyland seems to be the place where candy ie. morphine can take him. The song goes on to mention if she died he couldn't go on, but of course we both know that is wrong. If drugs are taken away from the user they do go through hell but they don't die. Then this sentence "But Candy, I said, Candy no You can't do that to me Because you love me way too much For you to ever leave. This is an odd sentence if your talking about a relationship. but from a drug perspective it makes total sense, you can't say to your loved one about leaving if she loves you way too much it's just odd. But heroin loves it user alot and has no intention of letting go so he would die 1st from probable overdose. One final impression this song gave me about taking drugs is "Candy said she's made arrangements For me in the sand And Candy said she wants me with her Down in Candyland" Making arrangments in sand mean they only exist for 12 hours max before the tide washes it away, and if they are living together why would his beloved girlfriend only be making arrangments like this. To sum up I think this song is about the love hate relationship with drugs like morphine and heroin.
knowing Mark Sandman and his history- this is obviously the most accurate interpretation of the lyrics on here. I'd say its about a love/hate relationship with opiates for sure.
knowing Mark Sandman and his history- this is obviously the most accurate interpretation of the lyrics on here. I'd say its about a love/hate relationship with opiates for sure.
Really outstanding song - haunting in melody and lyrics.
Really outstanding song - haunting in melody and lyrics.
Agree with @morphinejunkie and @coughxcool: this is a song about drugs, morphine or heroin in particular, personified as a lover named "Candy." (Candy could also be a real addict / dealer girlfriend).
Agree with @morphinejunkie and @coughxcool: this is a song about drugs, morphine or heroin in particular, personified as a lover named "Candy." (Candy could also be a real addict / dealer girlfriend).
She's sweet and sexy and seductive and is trying to lure the narrator away from the real world. In Candyland, "nothing really matters anymore" and "she wonders why we try" to live life, i.e., when they could just enjoy the euphoria of being together? Candyland is "down" from real life, a place to be pulled under, to...
She's sweet and sexy and seductive and is trying to lure the narrator away from the real world. In Candyland, "nothing really matters anymore" and "she wonders why we try" to live life, i.e., when they could just enjoy the euphoria of being together? Candyland is "down" from real life, a place to be pulled under, to swim or drown, a lower energy / accomplishment state. "And when I ask her what she means she says I ought to know" is because he's been in this place before... but (see below) isn't using currently.
Of the "arrangements in the sand," the "sand" is the literal powder of the drugs; and time in the hourglass of the narrator's life; and the dirt in which he will eventually be buried. Also, per @morphinejunkie, it's an impermanent thing that will be swept or washed away; it's shiftless and without structure.
"Candy asked me if she died if I could go on / Of course I said I couldn't and of course we knew that's wrong" means, "Could he quit?" He says he can't... but they both know that he COULD quit - and may have already done so. Even as he's saying "But Candy I said Candy no you can't do that to me / Because you love me way to much for you to ever leave" - note that SHE loves HIM too much for HER to ever leave? In part, that's about withdrawl... but also because, in this metaphor, it's ultimately the opiate that needs him to "live."
It seems like the narrator is being tempted... perhaps to fall off the wagon, if he had quit, but it's also possible that this particular "Candy" represents a potential escalation of his habit. Maybe he was using morphine and is contemplating heroin? Or this is supposed to be the "really good" stuff? "But Candy says I'd like it where she is / She says it's an opportunity that I don't want to miss."
On the bright side, it seems like he's not yet taken the step...