Oops, sorry, I accidently clicked add comment when I wasn't done :( Anyways,
I've had this song on my iPod for a while and never really noticed anything special about it besides a catchy guitar rift and interesting voice from Anthony, but yesterday I started thinking about what it could mean and was surprised
I started really listening to it at:
"And even off the aircraft
Everything seems to make us laugh"
When I heard this, I spontaneously thought, 'What would make me laugh at everything?" and after a few seconds, marijuana came into my mind. I then thought about the alignment of laughing to aircrafts, and airplanes are generally 'high'. At this point, I doubted the validity of my assumption because I have repeatedly heard from fans that Anthony Green is drug free, and a song dedicated to drugs would be a bit unusal. But then, I remembered Drug Dealer from Avalon and thought maybe it's a similar structure. So, I kept listening, and eventually heard:
"We're all, we're all over the influence"
And I immediately thought of those "above the influence" commercials. I hadn't quite persuaded myself yet, but after starting the song over and hearing:
"They've got something green just for our condition"
I was pretty certain it was related to weed.
After realizing this, I started to actually analyze the lyrics. From what I understand, marijuana is symbolized by the 'airplane' that he dances on, and eventually, even when he's off the airplane (the drug), he still laughs at everything. Then later, again saying "We're all over the influence, and collecting interest." I thought maybe that either drugs had permanently made his life better and he no longer needed them, so he could sell them for "interest", or he was permabaked and doing the same thing. Either way, it seems to be about someone's addiction to pot eventually spiralling into a dealing state. Of course, I may be completely backwards and incorect, but there is clear evidence supporting this interpretation for a song with an otherwise hidden meaning.
Oops, sorry, I accidently clicked add comment when I wasn't done :( Anyways,
I've had this song on my iPod for a while and never really noticed anything special about it besides a catchy guitar rift and interesting voice from Anthony, but yesterday I started thinking about what it could mean and was surprised
I started really listening to it at:
"And even off the aircraft Everything seems to make us laugh"
When I heard this, I spontaneously thought, 'What would make me laugh at everything?" and after a few seconds, marijuana came into my mind. I then thought about the alignment of laughing to aircrafts, and airplanes are generally 'high'. At this point, I doubted the validity of my assumption because I have repeatedly heard from fans that Anthony Green is drug free, and a song dedicated to drugs would be a bit unusal. But then, I remembered Drug Dealer from Avalon and thought maybe it's a similar structure. So, I kept listening, and eventually heard:
"We're all, we're all over the influence"
And I immediately thought of those "above the influence" commercials. I hadn't quite persuaded myself yet, but after starting the song over and hearing:
"They've got something green just for our condition"
I was pretty certain it was related to weed.
After realizing this, I started to actually analyze the lyrics. From what I understand, marijuana is symbolized by the 'airplane' that he dances on, and eventually, even when he's off the airplane (the drug), he still laughs at everything. Then later, again saying "We're all over the influence, and collecting interest." I thought maybe that either drugs had permanently made his life better and he no longer needed them, so he could sell them for "interest", or he was permabaked and doing the same thing. Either way, it seems to be about someone's addiction to pot eventually spiralling into a dealing state. Of course, I may be completely backwards and incorect, but there is clear evidence supporting this interpretation for a song with an otherwise hidden meaning.