I agree with feverfist that it's probably more a loosely impressionistic, rather than strictly symbolic sketch of childhood nostalgia. However the wonky patina of psychedelia is all over it (I mean come on, "Went to locate the last trace of waste, I picked it up and it was smiling?? Puuuleeease!!!): the weird sense of disembodiment, flight, general foreigness (like travelling to a strange place and not sure how you got there or from whence you came), the altered perception of light (calmed?), the synthenesia-like feel of the line "the snow's so light it's bleeding". So maybe, to tie some of these ideas together, they tripped out a lot in Basom when they were still relatively young and innocent, making it a nostalgic symbol for their early forays into chemicals and a metaphor itself for that magical trip to a strange, yet familiar, and wonderous, yet creepy place? Yeah, that sounds about right. Geener?
I agree with feverfist that it's probably more a loosely impressionistic, rather than strictly symbolic sketch of childhood nostalgia. However the wonky patina of psychedelia is all over it (I mean come on, "Went to locate the last trace of waste, I picked it up and it was smiling?? Puuuleeease!!!): the weird sense of disembodiment, flight, general foreigness (like travelling to a strange place and not sure how you got there or from whence you came), the altered perception of light (calmed?), the synthenesia-like feel of the line "the snow's so light it's bleeding". So maybe, to tie some of these ideas together, they tripped out a lot in Basom when they were still relatively young and innocent, making it a nostalgic symbol for their early forays into chemicals and a metaphor itself for that magical trip to a strange, yet familiar, and wonderous, yet creepy place? Yeah, that sounds about right. Geener?