My Morphine Lyrics

Lyric discussion by EyCharlie 

Cover art for My Morphine lyrics by Gillian Welch

I thought the line that followed, "You should have seen me and my Morphine" was, "When we used to go dancing in the wall". I thought so because the line that follows, "Spin me right off the floor". It made sense. "War" does not make sense.

"War" is probably correct. Morphine was used as a battlefield painkiller during the Civil War and wounded soldiers were routinely sent home with a supply. It was easily available in drug stores and through the mail. It is estimated that following the civil war there were 400 to 500 thousand morphine addicts in the US.

http://www.narconon.ca/morphine.htm

Plus, "war" rhymes with "floor". "Wall" doesn't rhyme with "floor".

Dancing in the "WAR" totally makes sense if you think of this song as a love song from a soldier to his "lady love", the pain killer Morphene. I've always thought that was the meaning of this great song.