I think this song is about drug consumption and abuse. I think the demons represent the addiction, under the form, respectively, of: hallucinations ("demons haunted me"), rehabs ("demon doctor gave him pills for it all"), if one is to interpret the following verse, which totally makes sense, with the stardust in Tel Aviv which may suggest a relapse, maybe cops, dealers, although the verse with the V8 kinda leaves me dumb, then the lighter used to melt the heroin.
"as Egypt kings
Rotten, embalmed before the fat lady sings"
I think this verse depicts the fact that they are dead on the inside before their time.
The 6th verse depicts a rehab and lastly the demons appear again as a vice and the incapability to quit and as the great indulgence or acknowledgement of the drug addiction as some kind of a necesary evil:
And the demon smiled as the circle spinned
And in my whiskey sour the devil grinned
I was rolling another hundred dollar bill
And cleaning my nose for the ultimate thrill
Now about the title
I think the chorus is a comparison between addiction and Russian Roulette. The sixshoother is a revolver, and the "don't spend it all on me" suggests that drug abuse is as dangerous as playing Russian Roulette with 6 bullets. If we imagine the barrel empty at the beginning of the song and notice the fact that the drugs start from mild to strong (LSD, Coke, Heroin) we can associate the drug categories with the bullets. Every drug addict, especially superstars start with weed and go up to heroin. Just like adding one more bullet to the revolver. As the addict realizes that the sixshooter gets full he prays that his body will not become a complete bin of toxic wastes. And he does this because it is the only thing he can do, because "in his whiskey sour the devil grinned". Therefore he can't help it, he succumbs. The drugs are just stronger than the will.
I know the interpretations are a bit far fetched, at least the one with the sixshooter, I like to believe it is so, I like the idea, but I am eager to see more interesting ideas about this song. Please post.
I think this song is about drug consumption and abuse. I think the demons represent the addiction, under the form, respectively, of: hallucinations ("demons haunted me"), rehabs ("demon doctor gave him pills for it all"), if one is to interpret the following verse, which totally makes sense, with the stardust in Tel Aviv which may suggest a relapse, maybe cops, dealers, although the verse with the V8 kinda leaves me dumb, then the lighter used to melt the heroin.
"as Egypt kings Rotten, embalmed before the fat lady sings"
I think this verse depicts the fact that they are dead on the inside before their time.
The 6th verse depicts a rehab and lastly the demons appear again as a vice and the incapability to quit and as the great indulgence or acknowledgement of the drug addiction as some kind of a necesary evil:
And the demon smiled as the circle spinned And in my whiskey sour the devil grinned I was rolling another hundred dollar bill And cleaning my nose for the ultimate thrill
Now about the title
I think the chorus is a comparison between addiction and Russian Roulette. The sixshoother is a revolver, and the "don't spend it all on me" suggests that drug abuse is as dangerous as playing Russian Roulette with 6 bullets. If we imagine the barrel empty at the beginning of the song and notice the fact that the drugs start from mild to strong (LSD, Coke, Heroin) we can associate the drug categories with the bullets. Every drug addict, especially superstars start with weed and go up to heroin. Just like adding one more bullet to the revolver. As the addict realizes that the sixshooter gets full he prays that his body will not become a complete bin of toxic wastes. And he does this because it is the only thing he can do, because "in his whiskey sour the devil grinned". Therefore he can't help it, he succumbs. The drugs are just stronger than the will.
I know the interpretations are a bit far fetched, at least the one with the sixshooter, I like to believe it is so, I like the idea, but I am eager to see more interesting ideas about this song. Please post.