It could also be about his time in NYC. He spent a lot of time in the Chelsea Hotel. Thin walls. "Lady of the Evening" next door. He finds himself alone. Wants to roll himself away like a card table... Plays for tips at night...
And he also feels like her. She moans in ecstasy, faking it... One minute it's Oh My God, the next it's whatever, etc. He was doing a lot of drugs back then, and like the girl next door, the ecstasy fades in a moment. Easy Tiger also has the song "The Sun Also Sets" in which he says - "we are only one moment from death...". But I like the analogy also that he is manning the front desk of the hotel, and puts himself in that role for the song, but also tying it...
And he also feels like her. She moans in ecstasy, faking it... One minute it's Oh My God, the next it's whatever, etc. He was doing a lot of drugs back then, and like the girl next door, the ecstasy fades in a moment. Easy Tiger also has the song "The Sun Also Sets" in which he says - "we are only one moment from death...". But I like the analogy also that he is manning the front desk of the hotel, and puts himself in that role for the song, but also tying it in to where he was as an artist at the time.
It could also be about his time in NYC. He spent a lot of time in the Chelsea Hotel. Thin walls. "Lady of the Evening" next door. He finds himself alone. Wants to roll himself away like a card table... Plays for tips at night...
And he also feels like her. She moans in ecstasy, faking it... One minute it's Oh My God, the next it's whatever, etc. He was doing a lot of drugs back then, and like the girl next door, the ecstasy fades in a moment. Easy Tiger also has the song "The Sun Also Sets" in which he says - "we are only one moment from death...". But I like the analogy also that he is manning the front desk of the hotel, and puts himself in that role for the song, but also tying it...
And he also feels like her. She moans in ecstasy, faking it... One minute it's Oh My God, the next it's whatever, etc. He was doing a lot of drugs back then, and like the girl next door, the ecstasy fades in a moment. Easy Tiger also has the song "The Sun Also Sets" in which he says - "we are only one moment from death...". But I like the analogy also that he is manning the front desk of the hotel, and puts himself in that role for the song, but also tying it in to where he was as an artist at the time.