This song is about kicking addiction. It seems to be about a girl saved from a whore house where she is addicted to coke and liquor. Bottles = Booze, Bones = Coke.
The car reference has to deal with her withdrawal.
"china rattles wish
cold pacific shallows
spells and fits resurrected
calls you in, calls you in"
She is shaking and cold a common withdrawal symptom, and is having spells and fits, and they make her want to continue with her old habits. But she is also a functioning person. There may be a headlight knocked out, and she may be stained internally from the prostitution, but her engine is still running.
She wants her pockets picked because she doesn't want to be able to buy her old habit. If she cant afford it she won't be able to do it. She also needs to kick the glass, or kick the alcohol. As she kicks the bottles away, she pushes them away and they call her back.
She has all these things holding her back. Traps for her fingers, fire for her mouth.
"Brass for your Jaded"
She got arrested for her bad experience. I see that as the only thing that fits. Brass = a police officer, and jaded = the lull after a really bad experience.
"Underneath the baking clouds and starless skies"
Is just showing the urban setting, the smog clouds that block the stars in a city.
"lick your collarbone clean
cold pacific shallows
spells and fits resurrected
calls you in, calls you in"
Again another reference to the withdrawal of a drug addict.
And kicking a drug habit and also a lifestyle is the "longest goodbye", because she cant quit thinking about it, she keeps on getting withdrawal symptoms that make the goodbye longer.
This song is about kicking addiction. It seems to be about a girl saved from a whore house where she is addicted to coke and liquor. Bottles = Booze, Bones = Coke.
The car reference has to deal with her withdrawal. "china rattles wish cold pacific shallows spells and fits resurrected calls you in, calls you in" She is shaking and cold a common withdrawal symptom, and is having spells and fits, and they make her want to continue with her old habits. But she is also a functioning person. There may be a headlight knocked out, and she may be stained internally from the prostitution, but her engine is still running.
She wants her pockets picked because she doesn't want to be able to buy her old habit. If she cant afford it she won't be able to do it. She also needs to kick the glass, or kick the alcohol. As she kicks the bottles away, she pushes them away and they call her back.
She has all these things holding her back. Traps for her fingers, fire for her mouth.
"Brass for your Jaded" She got arrested for her bad experience. I see that as the only thing that fits. Brass = a police officer, and jaded = the lull after a really bad experience.
"Underneath the baking clouds and starless skies" Is just showing the urban setting, the smog clouds that block the stars in a city.
"lick your collarbone clean cold pacific shallows spells and fits resurrected calls you in, calls you in" Again another reference to the withdrawal of a drug addict.
And kicking a drug habit and also a lifestyle is the "longest goodbye", because she cant quit thinking about it, she keeps on getting withdrawal symptoms that make the goodbye longer.
Very beautiful imagery.