Last Cigarette Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AlwaysJovi 

Cover art for Last Cigarette lyrics by Bon Jovi

So Brian Wilson was the lead singer of the Beach Boys... what does the line mean? I've been trying but I can't figure it out. I'm too young to have really listened to the Beach Boys, so I don't know if it's a reference to one of their songs.

Anyone?

Brian Wilson was more the co-lead signer of the Beach Boys, with Mike Love being the primary lead singer. I feel that line describes the "world" that Brian Wilson created in his most melancholy music. If you listen to some of his more emotional provoking music you'll find a timid world of love, lost, and regret. So, when you're "operating" in that world, you'll bound to lose the girl because you can never have the courage to get the girl.

It's prominent on the second half of the "Today!" album, "Summer Days", "Pet Sounds", and in...