Carrot Rope Lyrics

Lyric discussion by envelope 

Cover art for Carrot Rope lyrics by Pavement

thedrizzle / despairport / and especially alas.away: well done.

"Carrot rope" in this case is indeed about smoking weed to "get me off of the ground(s)" which when you realize a that a carrot grows down under the ground one would need to be under it to use it as a rope to get on-top/"off of" it. It's about using weed to get out of a funk and stay fascinated with life and not end up like those that use alcohol to sit on their ass and "rub the rope red" from an ineffetual state of mind(depressed/hungover/drunk).

Wicket keeper is down... prolly a loose reference to the wicket in cricket that are aimed at to be knocked down to initiate a run sequence (you'll have to read about it yourself at wiki:wicket for the rules; oddly enough the wickets are colored orange and about the size of a joint). So yea, imagine a dealer (wicket keeper) dropping 'officially' orange wickets to the ground which tranmogrify into carrots, aka "underground/depression escape ropes". So beyond just smoking it, it's about establishing a relationship with a dealer.

Did I get it? ~:DDDDD

I like this interpretation. The music video closes with sneakers hanging over a power line which often indicates a location where drugs are being sold.

@envelope I like this one, too, thank god something to give me clarity with this song. My friend said it was about SM's dick, but I had a hard time believing it (but I did and still can't shake it). The "what's in my pocket or not" was supposedly his penis, but now I'm thinking it's some blunts.