Heavy Water Lyrics

Lyric discussion by yearthfu 

Cover art for Heavy Water lyrics by Foals

I think this song is a reference to escapist media:

Overused ideas or dreams in the media, "communicate cheap dreams of empty"

Ideas and dreams like vampires, "Vampires and their guns"

We ingest escapist literature and digital media, which would be similar to eating a "cloud" something empty and unfilling, just for fun, or to pass the time. "we all eat clouds to pass the time away"

Escapist, running away from reality and fighting some vampires. "to be away, we fight these vampires"

Song Meaning

Actually I believe by "We all eat clouds now, to pass the time away" Yannis is referring to his excessive use of pot. Its a metaphor for smoking weed.

Yeah, that does make much more sense. It's a reference to escapist drugs. The part "to pass the time away" still sticks with me though.