when i would hear "collie man" i used to think more along the lines of "cali man"...except like he's saying it with a weird accent. but hidden.in.sunshine.'s suggestion makes sense too.
this is my take on it, it's probably over-analyzed but...
maybe collie man is someone who was a drug dealer who did, for a while, live a profitable but lonely life. Eventually he gave up selling in order to see life more so from the perspective of the singer and be a happier person. And now the singer is looking for his collie man to score some weed, wondering why he doesn't come around anymore.
Another idea is that the singer used to be the collie man that he talked about, and realized that as much as he likes smoking, dealing took the simple joy out of it for him, the verses answer the question he asks himself in the chorus...maybe?
I think it's cool how this song's theme could apply to anyone, and it doesn't have to be in terms of drugs...we all have something in our lives that makes us feel somewhat pressured to oblige to, rather than spending time doing something that makes us happy. maybe at some point we all feel like the collie man with people waiting on us or cracking under the pressure we put on ourselves. This pretty much says that you should take time to do what you love. life goes on and whether you want it to or not, don't stress because looking back on hard times will make you realize how much you learned from them...at times it really is the rocky rocky road that leads to our defining moments
when i would hear "collie man" i used to think more along the lines of "cali man"...except like he's saying it with a weird accent. but hidden.in.sunshine.'s suggestion makes sense too.
this is my take on it, it's probably over-analyzed but... maybe collie man is someone who was a drug dealer who did, for a while, live a profitable but lonely life. Eventually he gave up selling in order to see life more so from the perspective of the singer and be a happier person. And now the singer is looking for his collie man to score some weed, wondering why he doesn't come around anymore.
Another idea is that the singer used to be the collie man that he talked about, and realized that as much as he likes smoking, dealing took the simple joy out of it for him, the verses answer the question he asks himself in the chorus...maybe?
I think it's cool how this song's theme could apply to anyone, and it doesn't have to be in terms of drugs...we all have something in our lives that makes us feel somewhat pressured to oblige to, rather than spending time doing something that makes us happy. maybe at some point we all feel like the collie man with people waiting on us or cracking under the pressure we put on ourselves. This pretty much says that you should take time to do what you love. life goes on and whether you want it to or not, don't stress because looking back on hard times will make you realize how much you learned from them...at times it really is the rocky rocky road that leads to our defining moments