It think its a song about getting conned by the suits in the music industry to sell out. The phrase "falling for so long" means free fall to the bottom -- obvioiusly -- but also falling for the tricks of those "little demons." The bottom finally hit him when he woke up next to the strange woman.
Most musicians never rise above the initial riches and lose it all to the cocaine and women. They are just distractions like the "champagne hand jobs and kissing ass" that allow the "small dicks" to lead you to sell your soul for their profit.
As the second verse says, you have to follow your heart and not be afraid to stand up for your beliefs or they will take everything you got.
@Tedvi One of the most significant things about the Drive By Truckers is that their songs represent what it means to be a southerner. The songs inform people about the many misconceptions about southerner people from the south. That's the whole point of the Southern Rock Opera: "We're not all the stupid, RACIST, rednecks that you think we are." (Not that there is anything wrong with being a redneck, as Patterson Hood said in the documentary about the Drive By Truckers).
@Tedvi One of the most significant things about the Drive By Truckers is that their songs represent what it means to be a southerner. The songs inform people about the many misconceptions about southerner people from the south. That's the whole point of the Southern Rock Opera: "We're not all the stupid, RACIST, rednecks that you think we are." (Not that there is anything wrong with being a redneck, as Patterson Hood said in the documentary about the Drive By Truckers).
It think its a song about getting conned by the suits in the music industry to sell out. The phrase "falling for so long" means free fall to the bottom -- obvioiusly -- but also falling for the tricks of those "little demons." The bottom finally hit him when he woke up next to the strange woman.
Most musicians never rise above the initial riches and lose it all to the cocaine and women. They are just distractions like the "champagne hand jobs and kissing ass" that allow the "small dicks" to lead you to sell your soul for their profit.
As the second verse says, you have to follow your heart and not be afraid to stand up for your beliefs or they will take everything you got.
@Tedvi One of the most significant things about the Drive By Truckers is that their songs represent what it means to be a southerner. The songs inform people about the many misconceptions about southerner people from the south. That's the whole point of the Southern Rock Opera: "We're not all the stupid, RACIST, rednecks that you think we are." (Not that there is anything wrong with being a redneck, as Patterson Hood said in the documentary about the Drive By Truckers).
@Tedvi One of the most significant things about the Drive By Truckers is that their songs represent what it means to be a southerner. The songs inform people about the many misconceptions about southerner people from the south. That's the whole point of the Southern Rock Opera: "We're not all the stupid, RACIST, rednecks that you think we are." (Not that there is anything wrong with being a redneck, as Patterson Hood said in the documentary about the Drive By Truckers).