"But I can't put out the fire
When it looks like you"
God, what an awesome song.
All about a love lost to drugs.
The first stanza, with "I used to be your hero", is about how the singer used to try to protect his love (The one he calls 'Mescaline', which is a natural psychedelic found in peyote) and how he used to be the only one fighting for her.
In the second stanza, the singer wonders why other people who supposedly care haven't confronted Mescaline about her drug use (It's funny how nobody asked).
What a wonderful world that we live in... yeah...
In the chorus, the singer basically says he knows she still loves him ("Your heart beats faster when it's with mine). Then he mentions that she's not the only one in that position (you're a likely story). He also says that she's still young and still growing (Morning Glory on the vine). Morning Glory could also be a reference to the Victorian Language of Flowers, in which a Morning Glory represents love in vain.
I'm not too sure about the third stanza's first lines, but 'burning' definitely has to do with the suffering of 'Mescaline'. It's what she knows how to do.
"But I can't put out the fire when it looks like you"
The singer can't bring himself to show 'Mescaline' what she's doing to herself because he doesn't want to hurt her.
"You didn't do the same when I asked you to."
Even when he tried to get 'Mescaline' to help herself, she never followed through.
Probably my favorite off this album, right next to Mid-Twenty Nothing.
"But I can't put out the fire When it looks like you"
God, what an awesome song.
All about a love lost to drugs. The first stanza, with "I used to be your hero", is about how the singer used to try to protect his love (The one he calls 'Mescaline', which is a natural psychedelic found in peyote) and how he used to be the only one fighting for her. In the second stanza, the singer wonders why other people who supposedly care haven't confronted Mescaline about her drug use (It's funny how nobody asked).
What a wonderful world that we live in... yeah...
In the chorus, the singer basically says he knows she still loves him ("Your heart beats faster when it's with mine). Then he mentions that she's not the only one in that position (you're a likely story). He also says that she's still young and still growing (Morning Glory on the vine). Morning Glory could also be a reference to the Victorian Language of Flowers, in which a Morning Glory represents love in vain.
I'm not too sure about the third stanza's first lines, but 'burning' definitely has to do with the suffering of 'Mescaline'. It's what she knows how to do.
"But I can't put out the fire when it looks like you" The singer can't bring himself to show 'Mescaline' what she's doing to herself because he doesn't want to hurt her. "You didn't do the same when I asked you to." Even when he tried to get 'Mescaline' to help herself, she never followed through.
Probably my favorite off this album, right next to Mid-Twenty Nothing.