This is an extremely powerful song. It has personal meaning to me, and I speak from personal experience, so I may be biased. But... This song is about the 5 steps of grief, and about drugs, though neither is really the subject matter. It was well placed on South Parks Intervention episode.
"Veins swell" - He is a drug addict.
"You know me, Ellen, enough to tell" - Assuming Ellen is his girlfriend, and she knows of his addiction. She does not approve and can tell when he is high.
"Five steps and you're over." - His way of saying I would rather go through the grief of losing you than quit drugs.
"Quick cut, Make your move, deliberate" - She makes an ultimatum, quit drugs or I'm leaving you.
"No reprimand Deliberate, demand" - No further words or arguing, she is going to leave him now.
"With your two feet at hand" - His response, You have two feet, get up and leave.
"Get back This train's a comin' down the track" - And now he is going to get high.
Five steps you're over - Very powerful line. I will get over you in 5 easy steps. Much easier than quitting drugs.
Uh no, your not hitting the meaning dead on. First of all the first line is not Ellen, the first line is "Veins swell, you know me well enough to tell". So before you take a beautiful inspirational song and turn it into a song about a guy choosing drugs over a female learn the words!!
Uh no, your not hitting the meaning dead on. First of all the first line is not Ellen, the first line is "Veins swell, you know me well enough to tell". So before you take a beautiful inspirational song and turn it into a song about a guy choosing drugs over a female learn the words!!
You are wrong Laura. "The correct lyric IS "you know me, Ellen..." Thanks for listening. (Scott from The Davenports)" So before you go off on somebody for their opinion, why not learn the real lyrics and not the wrong lyrics posted on some site on the Internet?
You are wrong Laura. "The correct lyric IS "you know me, Ellen..." Thanks for listening. (Scott from The Davenports)" So before you go off on somebody for their opinion, why not learn the real lyrics and not the wrong lyrics posted on some site on the Internet?
Further, I was guessing Ellen was his girlfriend, but it could just as easily be his mother, aunt, or sister. The point is, a drug addict will choose drugs over friends or family almost every time. That is why it works so well with the show Intervention. What about that don't you get, Laura? What is your interpretation?
Further, I was guessing Ellen was his girlfriend, but it could just as easily be his mother, aunt, or sister. The point is, a drug addict will choose drugs over friends or family almost every time. That is why it works so well with the show Intervention. What about that don't you get, Laura? What is your interpretation?
@tcthomas4 you're wrong. laura was correcting your incorrect lyrics, not trying to start a war of the opinions. stop making strawman arguments and just admit you were wrong, and then thank the people who corrected your absurdly wrong lyrics. smdh.
@tcthomas4 you're wrong. laura was correcting your incorrect lyrics, not trying to start a war of the opinions. stop making strawman arguments and just admit you were wrong, and then thank the people who corrected your absurdly wrong lyrics. smdh.
@iceboundfort You and Laura are incorrect and quite possibly have hearing problems. The line is, “You know me, Ellen, enough to tell.” Even if you can’t hear it in the song, The Davenports have confirmed those are the lyrics. All you have to do is google it. In later seasons of Intervention when the song was covered by another band, they changed it to, “You know me well enough to tell,” probably because the previous lyrics were too confusing for people like you and Laura. The word “well” is monosyllabic. When you listen to the song, you can hear that...
@iceboundfort You and Laura are incorrect and quite possibly have hearing problems. The line is, “You know me, Ellen, enough to tell.” Even if you can’t hear it in the song, The Davenports have confirmed those are the lyrics. All you have to do is google it. In later seasons of Intervention when the song was covered by another band, they changed it to, “You know me well enough to tell,” probably because the previous lyrics were too confusing for people like you and Laura. The word “well” is monosyllabic. When you listen to the song, you can hear that the word he’s using after saying, “you know me,” is polysyllabic. The name Ellen is polysyllabic. Case closed. And neither of you needed to be rude to the original poster since you were both categorically incorrect and sound like fools.
@kicknit4 - you're a dumb fuck. I never quoted any lyrics, that was someone else. take you dumb fuck analysis and white knight wannabe spineless attempt to defend your fellow fucknut, and go whine to someone who cares. how's that for rude, you dumb piece of shit??
@kicknit4 - you're a dumb fuck. I never quoted any lyrics, that was someone else. take you dumb fuck analysis and white knight wannabe spineless attempt to defend your fellow fucknut, and go whine to someone who cares. how's that for rude, you dumb piece of shit??
that's what I thought. make sure you know who said what before shooting your dumb fuck mouth in the future. fucking moron.
that's what I thought. make sure you know who said what before shooting your dumb fuck mouth in the future. fucking moron.
@iceboundfort I don't see how the meaning changes with or without the word "Ellen". I am fairly confident in my analysis, regardless. (Still, the lyrics are "You know me, Ellen, enough to tell"). But to you sir, congratuations. You may just be the worlds biggest asshole. If ever you'd like to get up from behind that keyboard and find out what happens when you run your mouth like that in the real world, I'd be happy to show you.
@iceboundfort I don't see how the meaning changes with or without the word "Ellen". I am fairly confident in my analysis, regardless. (Still, the lyrics are "You know me, Ellen, enough to tell"). But to you sir, congratuations. You may just be the worlds biggest asshole. If ever you'd like to get up from behind that keyboard and find out what happens when you run your mouth like that in the real world, I'd be happy to show you.
@tcthomas4
You guys are all wrong. The song means the guy has had enough and his veins are swelling from being angry. She made demands and he is letting her know if he takes 5 steps their relationship is over. Move over the train is coming down the track refers to him leaving and she should gtf out of the way.
@tcthomas4
You guys are all wrong. The song means the guy has had enough and his veins are swelling from being angry. She made demands and he is letting her know if he takes 5 steps their relationship is over. Move over the train is coming down the track refers to him leaving and she should gtf out of the way.
This is an extremely powerful song. It has personal meaning to me, and I speak from personal experience, so I may be biased. But... This song is about the 5 steps of grief, and about drugs, though neither is really the subject matter. It was well placed on South Parks Intervention episode.
"Veins swell" - He is a drug addict. "You know me, Ellen, enough to tell" - Assuming Ellen is his girlfriend, and she knows of his addiction. She does not approve and can tell when he is high. "Five steps and you're over." - His way of saying I would rather go through the grief of losing you than quit drugs. "Quick cut, Make your move, deliberate" - She makes an ultimatum, quit drugs or I'm leaving you. "No reprimand Deliberate, demand" - No further words or arguing, she is going to leave him now. "With your two feet at hand" - His response, You have two feet, get up and leave. "Get back This train's a comin' down the track" - And now he is going to get high.
Five steps you're over - Very powerful line. I will get over you in 5 easy steps. Much easier than quitting drugs.
tcthomas4 - I think you've hit the meaning dead on. Thanks for some great insight into this song.
tcthomas4 - I think you've hit the meaning dead on. Thanks for some great insight into this song.
Uh no, your not hitting the meaning dead on. First of all the first line is not Ellen, the first line is "Veins swell, you know me well enough to tell". So before you take a beautiful inspirational song and turn it into a song about a guy choosing drugs over a female learn the words!!
Uh no, your not hitting the meaning dead on. First of all the first line is not Ellen, the first line is "Veins swell, you know me well enough to tell". So before you take a beautiful inspirational song and turn it into a song about a guy choosing drugs over a female learn the words!!
You are wrong Laura. "The correct lyric IS "you know me, Ellen..." Thanks for listening. (Scott from The Davenports)" So before you go off on somebody for their opinion, why not learn the real lyrics and not the wrong lyrics posted on some site on the Internet?
You are wrong Laura. "The correct lyric IS "you know me, Ellen..." Thanks for listening. (Scott from The Davenports)" So before you go off on somebody for their opinion, why not learn the real lyrics and not the wrong lyrics posted on some site on the Internet?
Further, I was guessing Ellen was his girlfriend, but it could just as easily be his mother, aunt, or sister. The point is, a drug addict will choose drugs over friends or family almost every time. That is why it works so well with the show Intervention. What about that don't you get, Laura? What is your interpretation?
Further, I was guessing Ellen was his girlfriend, but it could just as easily be his mother, aunt, or sister. The point is, a drug addict will choose drugs over friends or family almost every time. That is why it works so well with the show Intervention. What about that don't you get, Laura? What is your interpretation?
@tcthomas4 you're wrong. laura was correcting your incorrect lyrics, not trying to start a war of the opinions. stop making strawman arguments and just admit you were wrong, and then thank the people who corrected your absurdly wrong lyrics. smdh.
@tcthomas4 you're wrong. laura was correcting your incorrect lyrics, not trying to start a war of the opinions. stop making strawman arguments and just admit you were wrong, and then thank the people who corrected your absurdly wrong lyrics. smdh.
@iceboundfort You and Laura are incorrect and quite possibly have hearing problems. The line is, “You know me, Ellen, enough to tell.” Even if you can’t hear it in the song, The Davenports have confirmed those are the lyrics. All you have to do is google it. In later seasons of Intervention when the song was covered by another band, they changed it to, “You know me well enough to tell,” probably because the previous lyrics were too confusing for people like you and Laura. The word “well” is monosyllabic. When you listen to the song, you can hear that...
@iceboundfort You and Laura are incorrect and quite possibly have hearing problems. The line is, “You know me, Ellen, enough to tell.” Even if you can’t hear it in the song, The Davenports have confirmed those are the lyrics. All you have to do is google it. In later seasons of Intervention when the song was covered by another band, they changed it to, “You know me well enough to tell,” probably because the previous lyrics were too confusing for people like you and Laura. The word “well” is monosyllabic. When you listen to the song, you can hear that the word he’s using after saying, “you know me,” is polysyllabic. The name Ellen is polysyllabic. Case closed. And neither of you needed to be rude to the original poster since you were both categorically incorrect and sound like fools.
@kicknit4 - you're a dumb fuck. I never quoted any lyrics, that was someone else. take you dumb fuck analysis and white knight wannabe spineless attempt to defend your fellow fucknut, and go whine to someone who cares. how's that for rude, you dumb piece of shit??
@kicknit4 - you're a dumb fuck. I never quoted any lyrics, that was someone else. take you dumb fuck analysis and white knight wannabe spineless attempt to defend your fellow fucknut, and go whine to someone who cares. how's that for rude, you dumb piece of shit??
that's what I thought. make sure you know who said what before shooting your dumb fuck mouth in the future. fucking moron.
that's what I thought. make sure you know who said what before shooting your dumb fuck mouth in the future. fucking moron.
@iceboundfort I don't see how the meaning changes with or without the word "Ellen". I am fairly confident in my analysis, regardless. (Still, the lyrics are "You know me, Ellen, enough to tell"). But to you sir, congratuations. You may just be the worlds biggest asshole. If ever you'd like to get up from behind that keyboard and find out what happens when you run your mouth like that in the real world, I'd be happy to show you.
@iceboundfort I don't see how the meaning changes with or without the word "Ellen". I am fairly confident in my analysis, regardless. (Still, the lyrics are "You know me, Ellen, enough to tell"). But to you sir, congratuations. You may just be the worlds biggest asshole. If ever you'd like to get up from behind that keyboard and find out what happens when you run your mouth like that in the real world, I'd be happy to show you.
@tcthomas4 You guys are all wrong. The song means the guy has had enough and his veins are swelling from being angry. She made demands and he is letting her know if he takes 5 steps their relationship is over. Move over the train is coming down the track refers to him leaving and she should gtf out of the way.
@tcthomas4 You guys are all wrong. The song means the guy has had enough and his veins are swelling from being angry. She made demands and he is letting her know if he takes 5 steps their relationship is over. Move over the train is coming down the track refers to him leaving and she should gtf out of the way.