A lot of their lyrics seem to make oblique references to meth use. If you listen to Skeletal Lamping, so many of the lyrics are bizarre and overtly sexual, which goes hand in hand with meth use. "I'm calling your ass up at 3 in the morning saying wake up young dragon (meth smoke), let's go get compromised." The hour of the night seems to suggest that too.
A lot of their lyrics seem to make oblique references to meth use. If you listen to Skeletal Lamping, so many of the lyrics are bizarre and overtly sexual, which goes hand in hand with meth use. "I'm calling your ass up at 3 in the morning saying wake up young dragon (meth smoke), let's go get compromised." The hour of the night seems to suggest that too.
Anyway, it would seem like this album, he's off the meth and this is someone he did it with and he wants to push her away. The part of not being...
Anyway, it would seem like this album, he's off the meth and this is someone he did it with and he wants to push her away. The part of not being able to sleep (hello!) and nightmares about teeth falling out (uppers make you grind your teeth in your sleep and that can often make you dream of your teeth falling out due to the pressure of grinding--it can actually happen in real life too; many meth users lose their teeth) seems to indicate this.
Someone suggested to me that the thing he's actually singing about as "you're a horrible thing" is the meth itself, which led me down this train of thought. Like he is trying to shun his habit because of all the horrible things it does to him. Later lyrics such as "wish we weren't so complicated/wish you weren't so medicated" seem to detract from this theory but it's still an interesting theory nonetheless, much like Rick James' Mary Jane; is he singing about a woman or a drug? As we all know, people can be drugs we become addicted to. But yes, I think he's singing about a woman he did drugs with and how things got all fucked up because of them.
I was thinking the same thing. The song name itself can be attributed to meth (affair that causes a famine).
I was thinking the same thing. The song name itself can be attributed to meth (affair that causes a famine).
"Wish we weren't so complicated/wish you weren't so medicated" could be a reference to the fact that meth is available as a medication under the name Desoxyn.
"Wish we weren't so complicated/wish you weren't so medicated" could be a reference to the fact that meth is available as a medication under the name Desoxyn.
NoCowLevel were you dropped on the head when you were a baby or were you just concieved too close to an open container of radioactive material, coz the bullshit you are spilling on about this song is enough to make any Pro Life protester wanna think for a very long fucking time. Cute nickname xoxox
NoCowLevel were you dropped on the head when you were a baby or were you just concieved too close to an open container of radioactive material, coz the bullshit you are spilling on about this song is enough to make any Pro Life protester wanna think for a very long fucking time. Cute nickname xoxox
Though I'm still unsure as to it's meaning, but I interpret the lyrics as Barnes talking to his mind, or his analytical and controlling self.
A lot of their lyrics seem to make oblique references to meth use. If you listen to Skeletal Lamping, so many of the lyrics are bizarre and overtly sexual, which goes hand in hand with meth use. "I'm calling your ass up at 3 in the morning saying wake up young dragon (meth smoke), let's go get compromised." The hour of the night seems to suggest that too.
A lot of their lyrics seem to make oblique references to meth use. If you listen to Skeletal Lamping, so many of the lyrics are bizarre and overtly sexual, which goes hand in hand with meth use. "I'm calling your ass up at 3 in the morning saying wake up young dragon (meth smoke), let's go get compromised." The hour of the night seems to suggest that too.
Anyway, it would seem like this album, he's off the meth and this is someone he did it with and he wants to push her away. The part of not being...
Anyway, it would seem like this album, he's off the meth and this is someone he did it with and he wants to push her away. The part of not being able to sleep (hello!) and nightmares about teeth falling out (uppers make you grind your teeth in your sleep and that can often make you dream of your teeth falling out due to the pressure of grinding--it can actually happen in real life too; many meth users lose their teeth) seems to indicate this.
Someone suggested to me that the thing he's actually singing about as "you're a horrible thing" is the meth itself, which led me down this train of thought. Like he is trying to shun his habit because of all the horrible things it does to him. Later lyrics such as "wish we weren't so complicated/wish you weren't so medicated" seem to detract from this theory but it's still an interesting theory nonetheless, much like Rick James' Mary Jane; is he singing about a woman or a drug? As we all know, people can be drugs we become addicted to. But yes, I think he's singing about a woman he did drugs with and how things got all fucked up because of them.
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I was thinking the same thing. The song name itself can be attributed to meth (affair that causes a famine).
I was thinking the same thing. The song name itself can be attributed to meth (affair that causes a famine).
"Wish we weren't so complicated/wish you weren't so medicated" could be a reference to the fact that meth is available as a medication under the name Desoxyn.
"Wish we weren't so complicated/wish you weren't so medicated" could be a reference to the fact that meth is available as a medication under the name Desoxyn.
NoCowLevel were you dropped on the head when you were a baby or were you just concieved too close to an open container of radioactive material, coz the bullshit you are spilling on about this song is enough to make any Pro Life protester wanna think for a very long fucking time. Cute nickname xoxox
NoCowLevel were you dropped on the head when you were a baby or were you just concieved too close to an open container of radioactive material, coz the bullshit you are spilling on about this song is enough to make any Pro Life protester wanna think for a very long fucking time. Cute nickname xoxox