The premise of the song is that the protagonist and his buddies are on hallucinogenic drugs, hence "the stash." The first lines are told from the perspective of a hallucinating protagonist. He's pulling dirt that appears to be pavement out from under his nails. Whether real or imagined, someone of relative authority is in pursuit of them. They run through some green scenery, and see whales. Then they ash a joint or a cigarette and the protagonist dangles his stash.
Zipping through the forest with the curdling fleas
To grow with them spindles, the mutant I seize
I capture the dread beast who falls to his knees
And cries to his cohorts, asleep in the trees
When youre hallucinating, anything green looks like a "forest" and i can assure you that a bag of shrooms looks like a bag of "curdling fleas." The next lines represent the protagonist calming himself down and having a good time. We all know what its like to feel that bad trip creeping up and having to "capture that dread beast" who, tells his "cohorts" not to bother because youre having a good time, no matter what crazy shit is going on around you.
Smegma, dogmatagram, fishmarket stew
Police in a corner, gunnin' for you
Appletoast, bedheated, furblanket rat
Laugh when they shoot you, say "Please don't do that"
Lines 1 and 3 of this verse are words you would repeatedly say when you were high to laugh and enjoy yourself with your buddies. The "police in the corner gunnin for you" dont actually shoot you but its symbolic that despite the fact that youre getting arrested or pursued or whatever, you are still having a good time. You laugh because its funny that they are on such a lower level of consciousness that they believe they really have any authority over you.
Control for smilers can't be bought
The solar garlic starts to rot
Was it for this my life I sought?
Maybe so and maybe not (Maybe so and maybe not) [4x]
In reference to "Control for smilers can't be bought," no matter how hard they try, the authorities cannot make someone full of love have a bad time. The solar garlic starting to rot represent the sun going down. The last two lines represent the high person being asked some obnoxious question by the authority figure who catches him and his smartass response is "maybe so maybe not"
My other take on the last line is that perhaps the trip finally does go bad, and once that happens youre on a slippery slope and your your smiles cant be brought back fro anything. The solar garlic starts to rot represent the source of the higher consciousness is turning into something ugly and "was it for this my life i sought" is a feeling of "I just wanted to get high and find my inner self and now THIS?!" The answer to this question is "maybe so, maybe not" because while this can be interpreted as something going wrong, perhaps it was neccessary fro the spiritual journey of the individual.
I agree with all of your interpretations except for the last two set of lines, I don't think they are laughing despite being tailed by the police, I think they are unaware and it is happening in parallel to them laughing.
I agree with all of your interpretations except for the last two set of lines, I don't think they are laughing despite being tailed by the police, I think they are unaware and it is happening in parallel to them laughing.
For the last set of lines I think Control for smilers can't be bought suggests he is in a mental facility and is just constantly smiling, no one can cure insanity is what the can't be bought refers to.
For the last set of lines I think Control for smilers can't be bought suggests he is in a mental facility and is just constantly smiling, no one can cure insanity is what the can't be bought refers to.
The solar garlic is probably a reference to marijuana or maybe something else and its rotting symbolizes the narrator's life...
The solar garlic is probably a reference to marijuana or maybe something else and its rotting symbolizes the narrator's life of recreation is over.
He then asks himself if this is what he really wanted and then by saying maybe so and maybe not either confirms his insanity or suggest maybe what we call insane is actually enlightened, or maybe it is not, its just insane.
I'm pulling the pavement from under my nails
I brush past a garden, dependent on whales
The sloping companion I cast down the ash
Yanked on my tunic and dangled my stash
The premise of the song is that the protagonist and his buddies are on hallucinogenic drugs, hence "the stash." The first lines are told from the perspective of a hallucinating protagonist. He's pulling dirt that appears to be pavement out from under his nails. Whether real or imagined, someone of relative authority is in pursuit of them. They run through some green scenery, and see whales. Then they ash a joint or a cigarette and the protagonist dangles his stash.
Zipping through the forest with the curdling fleas
To grow with them spindles, the mutant I seize
I capture the dread beast who falls to his knees
And cries to his cohorts, asleep in the trees
When youre hallucinating, anything green looks like a "forest" and i can assure you that a bag of shrooms looks like a bag of "curdling fleas." The next lines represent the protagonist calming himself down and having a good time. We all know what its like to feel that bad trip creeping up and having to "capture that dread beast" who, tells his "cohorts" not to bother because youre having a good time, no matter what crazy shit is going on around you.
Smegma, dogmatagram, fishmarket stew
Police in a corner, gunnin' for you
Appletoast, bedheated, furblanket rat
Laugh when they shoot you, say "Please don't do that"
Lines 1 and 3 of this verse are words you would repeatedly say when you were high to laugh and enjoy yourself with your buddies. The "police in the corner gunnin for you" dont actually shoot you but its symbolic that despite the fact that youre getting arrested or pursued or whatever, you are still having a good time. You laugh because its funny that they are on such a lower level of consciousness that they believe they really have any authority over you.
Control for smilers can't be bought
The solar garlic starts to rot
Was it for this my life I sought?
Maybe so and maybe not (Maybe so and maybe not) [4x]
In reference to "Control for smilers can't be bought," no matter how hard they try, the authorities cannot make someone full of love have a bad time. The solar garlic starting to rot represent the sun going down. The last two lines represent the high person being asked some obnoxious question by the authority figure who catches him and his smartass response is "maybe so maybe not"
My other take on the last line is that perhaps the trip finally does go bad, and once that happens youre on a slippery slope and your your smiles cant be brought back fro anything. The solar garlic starts to rot represent the source of the higher consciousness is turning into something ugly and "was it for this my life i sought" is a feeling of "I just wanted to get high and find my inner self and now THIS?!" The answer to this question is "maybe so, maybe not" because while this can be interpreted as something going wrong, perhaps it was neccessary fro the spiritual journey of the individual.
I agree with all of your interpretations except for the last two set of lines, I don't think they are laughing despite being tailed by the police, I think they are unaware and it is happening in parallel to them laughing.
I agree with all of your interpretations except for the last two set of lines, I don't think they are laughing despite being tailed by the police, I think they are unaware and it is happening in parallel to them laughing.
For the last set of lines I think Control for smilers can't be bought suggests he is in a mental facility and is just constantly smiling, no one can cure insanity is what the can't be bought refers to.
For the last set of lines I think Control for smilers can't be bought suggests he is in a mental facility and is just constantly smiling, no one can cure insanity is what the can't be bought refers to.
The solar garlic is probably a reference to marijuana or maybe something else and its rotting symbolizes the narrator's life...
The solar garlic is probably a reference to marijuana or maybe something else and its rotting symbolizes the narrator's life of recreation is over.
He then asks himself if this is what he really wanted and then by saying maybe so and maybe not either confirms his insanity or suggest maybe what we call insane is actually enlightened, or maybe it is not, its just insane.
That is what I see.