This song is all about drugs. The pleasure that it give and that makes the consumer "high", out of himself, or "sleeping" in this case: "it will sing you to sleep". And its side effects after the wakening ("it will hit you awake"). There are other signs like the "spoons and foil" (used to consume heroin), "some china" (china: slang for synthetic heroin), the lighter (this is obvious) and the "speed" (slang for amphetamine). Poor little Mike.
This song is all about drugs. The pleasure that it give and that makes the consumer "high", out of himself, or "sleeping" in this case: "it will sing you to sleep". And its side effects after the wakening ("it will hit you awake"). There are other signs like the "spoons and foil" (used to consume heroin), "some china" (china: slang for synthetic heroin), the lighter (this is obvious) and the "speed" (slang for amphetamine). Poor little Mike.