"your number fakes coming along without you" - thinking your number is up (it's time to die) when it isn't
"your father hooks a wing about you" - neglect from his father? Or is he talking about heroin being like a father to him, reassuring him, but "hooking" him
"If you flail this broken sword around you'll cut nothing up" - trying to beat his addictions with "a broken sword" and not getting anywhere
"Again we'll face these things when they're dead issues" - he will face his demons when they no longer control him, and he controls them
"Moments take each other's place" - the passing of time
"Born and forgotten the same way" - things generated by the mind are also forgotten by the mind
"I'll pay you to cut me out" - a cry for help? Like saying "i'd pay you to take me away from all this nonsense called life"
"A Blower of hot flesh is a baby - it's the first white stuff I sucked" - Reference to drug addiction. Saying his Mother's milk was the first drug in his life?
"To feed this open fire with a windy day" - like putting a fire out with gasoline, taking drugs to compensate a lack of drugs.
"Never knowing who you are" - didn't know his REAL self when he was on drugs
These are only my interpretations of this song, which is sung and played with such passion not felt by so many of the more popular musicians, and is my all time favourite song by ANYONE.
Any replies are most welcome.
"your number fakes coming along without you" - thinking your number is up (it's time to die) when it isn't "your father hooks a wing about you" - neglect from his father? Or is he talking about heroin being like a father to him, reassuring him, but "hooking" him "If you flail this broken sword around you'll cut nothing up" - trying to beat his addictions with "a broken sword" and not getting anywhere "Again we'll face these things when they're dead issues" - he will face his demons when they no longer control him, and he controls them "Moments take each other's place" - the passing of time "Born and forgotten the same way" - things generated by the mind are also forgotten by the mind "I'll pay you to cut me out" - a cry for help? Like saying "i'd pay you to take me away from all this nonsense called life" "A Blower of hot flesh is a baby - it's the first white stuff I sucked" - Reference to drug addiction. Saying his Mother's milk was the first drug in his life? "To feed this open fire with a windy day" - like putting a fire out with gasoline, taking drugs to compensate a lack of drugs. "Never knowing who you are" - didn't know his REAL self when he was on drugs
These are only my interpretations of this song, which is sung and played with such passion not felt by so many of the more popular musicians, and is my all time favourite song by ANYONE. Any replies are most welcome.