Fuckin' Up Lyrics

Lyric discussion by HibernusMortis 

Cover art for Fuckin' Up lyrics by Neil Young

It's how you look, and how you feel You must have a heart of steel

Can picture a disheveled drifter w/o a care in the world for anyone except his own survival, angry at the world, hence needing a heart of steel to not have any compassion for anyone or anything except himself.

I can see you on a hill Comatose but walking still Curves beneath your flowing gown Only I could bring you down

Getting someone hooked/addicted into drug use that led a clean life before, "curves beneath your flowing gown".

Dogs that lick and dogs that bite Hounds that howl through the night

Possible comparison to relationships with other women/people in the past?

Broken leashes are all over the floor Keys left hanging in a swinging door.

Never able, or not wanting to, keep a lasting relationship of any kind....."broken leashes", keys left behind never planning to return.

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