Lyric discussion by redhostage 

Cover art for Hickory Dichotomy lyrics by Stone Temple Pilots

i think this song is about the book that scotts ex-wife ( mary ) wrote ... which told some of scotts personal life

Selling the story Are you holy or lying

  • scott could be questioning her intent about some content of the book regarding him personally... is she writing it for the right reasons or could she just be cashing in on his name to get it to sell

id be pissed if i was scott

she didnt really say anything bad about scott in her book... just mentions some of his struggles with addiction

^^ no she doesnt trash him, however the book is VERY revealing of his personal life and i could see how that could upset scott. It's his personal life and struggles now for america to read. although a very very good book ( defintly a must own for all you die hard STP fans on here ), one could make the case that mary comes across as overly obsessive over scott weiland. The book is basically about scott. going into how scott weiland relapsed what seems like a million times, seriously its so bad how many times this guy has...