I feel weird thinking this, as so many of these songs have people commenting that they refer to drugs, often when I think it's not so clear the song is about drugs. So this might be my own example of taking a few phrases and over stating my case, but
"Shared a cigarette for breakfast
Shared an airplane ride for lunch"
Sets a very unbalanced picture of these people and their unhealthy lifestyle..
"Well I predict we'll have a drink"
It's only one word but in the song it just comes out so darkly colored as a reference to a big problem, to me..
"And your ears are gonna ring
And your eyes just wanna close
Nothing changing I suppose
It's too late to turn back, here we go
Portland, oh no"
To me this section, the first part resembles what a really big hit of something or other feelings like. The second part reflects that they are a little conflicted about going to Portland, definitely are torn, know it's a bad idea. The "Oh, no.." part sounds like someone to me has given in to their own dark side.
Then again, all of these pieces are really quite ambiguous, and my arguments are based as much on the lyrics as my own subjective "feeling" evoked when I hear them sung by this guy. So I may be wrong. I do hear Portland is a good place to find dope..
I feel weird thinking this, as so many of these songs have people commenting that they refer to drugs, often when I think it's not so clear the song is about drugs. So this might be my own example of taking a few phrases and over stating my case, but
"Shared a cigarette for breakfast Shared an airplane ride for lunch" Sets a very unbalanced picture of these people and their unhealthy lifestyle..
"Well I predict we'll have a drink" It's only one word but in the song it just comes out so darkly colored as a reference to a big problem, to me..
"And your ears are gonna ring And your eyes just wanna close Nothing changing I suppose
It's too late to turn back, here we go Portland, oh no"
To me this section, the first part resembles what a really big hit of something or other feelings like. The second part reflects that they are a little conflicted about going to Portland, definitely are torn, know it's a bad idea. The "Oh, no.." part sounds like someone to me has given in to their own dark side.
Then again, all of these pieces are really quite ambiguous, and my arguments are based as much on the lyrics as my own subjective "feeling" evoked when I hear them sung by this guy. So I may be wrong. I do hear Portland is a good place to find dope..