As I posted in a reply above to magicgas this song to me is a person who clearly is struggling with addiction and is looking for salvation at the same time. Chill out you high horse christians and stop being so pessimistic you agnostics YOURE BOTH RIGHT.
Shake it out
god i need another and another and another (and another)
i could feel it now
how i felt the lord in my father in my house
Starting with the first line Shake it out can be referring to going through withdrawals and having the common symptom of shaking or looking for salvation.
God i need another and another..... open your eyes kids he obviously has an addiction and is going through a period of intense craving
I could feel it now how i felt the lord in my fathers house... He most likely lived with his father when he was younger and was brought up with an intense christian believe instilled upon him. His craving for the addiction is now as intense as his belief in the lord was when he was surrounded with all the teachings of the christian life as a child.
i can see
i can see standing
we we're seventeen
make it clean
are you the living ghost of what i need?
are you going to get the best of me?
We will see
I believe he has just seen someone from his past he used to share his addiction with or group of buddies who probably used to shoot up with (i like to think he saw this person/persons at a funereal due to the later lyrics) and seeing this person/persons reminds him of the first time they started experimenting with the addiction (we were seventeen) and he wants to forget those memories (make it clean) and those memories are haunting him and reminding him of how he wants to use again (are you the living ghost of what I need) and he wonders if one day this addiction will take his life too (are you going to get the best of me? we will see)
for my rendition of the next part see my reply to magicgas on page 1
As I posted in a reply above to magicgas this song to me is a person who clearly is struggling with addiction and is looking for salvation at the same time. Chill out you high horse christians and stop being so pessimistic you agnostics YOURE BOTH RIGHT.
Shake it out god i need another and another and another (and another) i could feel it now how i felt the lord in my father in my house
Starting with the first line Shake it out can be referring to going through withdrawals and having the common symptom of shaking or looking for salvation.
God i need another and another..... open your eyes kids he obviously has an addiction and is going through a period of intense craving
I could feel it now how i felt the lord in my fathers house... He most likely lived with his father when he was younger and was brought up with an intense christian believe instilled upon him. His craving for the addiction is now as intense as his belief in the lord was when he was surrounded with all the teachings of the christian life as a child.
i can see i can see standing we we're seventeen make it clean are you the living ghost of what i need? are you going to get the best of me? We will see
I believe he has just seen someone from his past he used to share his addiction with or group of buddies who probably used to shoot up with (i like to think he saw this person/persons at a funereal due to the later lyrics) and seeing this person/persons reminds him of the first time they started experimenting with the addiction (we were seventeen) and he wants to forget those memories (make it clean) and those memories are haunting him and reminding him of how he wants to use again (are you the living ghost of what I need) and he wonders if one day this addiction will take his life too (are you going to get the best of me? we will see)
for my rendition of the next part see my reply to magicgas on page 1