I've always had the feeling that the song is about hooking up with some serious opiate type drug, most likely china white H, hence the "pearly dewdrops drops" that are injected. First off, the feeling of the melody is so trance-like, like you're floating down a rabbit hole, but with this deep, distorted, heavy bass and guitar line using minors and inverted 4ths to reflect a shadow side - like that tunnel scene in Willy Wonka, punctuated by high trills (during "lucky..."). I think the lyrics suggest a drug theme too. "Roddy" may be a friend that stayed for a few weeks and has "the lucky lucky penny penny penny (that) Buys the pearly dew drips soaks" that get them all "soaked and ruddy"
I've always had the feeling that the song is about hooking up with some serious opiate type drug, most likely china white H, hence the "pearly dewdrops drops" that are injected. First off, the feeling of the melody is so trance-like, like you're floating down a rabbit hole, but with this deep, distorted, heavy bass and guitar line using minors and inverted 4ths to reflect a shadow side - like that tunnel scene in Willy Wonka, punctuated by high trills (during "lucky..."). I think the lyrics suggest a drug theme too. "Roddy" may be a friend that stayed for a few weeks and has "the lucky lucky penny penny penny (that) Buys the pearly dew drips soaks" that get them all "soaked and ruddy"
I don't know, what do others think?