Safe Without Lyrics

Lyric discussion by VADERtheIMPALER 

Cover art for Safe Without lyrics by Interpol

Great Song... I think this song is about quitting LSD/acid or possibly some other hard drug.

First part is about doing the drug. "So much to feel so much to gain" - the excitement before doing the drug "I'll be ok I've got my shapes" - hallucinations

Second part is about trying to stop. "It's go the road or drop the weight" - quit or drop acid? "As great big sheets disintegrate in the water" - destroying a sheet of LSD?

I also hear "I steal, I KNEEL, and I do it again" - the recurring cycle of trying to quit. Kneel makes more sense than Heal too. Kneel implies begging forgiveness.

vader, great interpretation. makes me wonder.