(He'll Never Be an) Old Man River Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tvsinesperanto 

Cover art for (He'll Never Be an) Old Man River lyrics by TISM

No one's had a stab at explaining the meaning? OK, I'll give it a go...

Rather than being about River Phoenix & drug overdoses as a superficial read might reveal, I think TISM are going a layer deeper here. I think they are poking fun at celebrity culture & the way people obsessively follow celebrity antics, exactly like it itself is a drug.

I think the following lines illustrate this best..

Now I'm bored and there's no stopping I need another celeb to fill my coffin Where will I get my next drug action? Odds on it'll be Michael Jackson

The lines...

I need another celeb to fill my coffin Where will I get my next drug action?

...are particularly telling.

That's my take anyway. YMMV.

Cheers, TV

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@tvsinesperanto Ironically MJ later died from a drug overdose