To me he is comparing a female to the drug. That's rather obvious. Also, I always hear "I need to go get stoned," not "I need to go down slow." But this song is deeper than that. Take the line "the poisin is the cure sometimes," here he is subtley letting us know that there is something deeper psychologically or emotionally that is being "covered up" with this woman/drug. He's using them to escape something else he is feeling or insecure about. I think that's what the secret is. It being "written in the stars" is a pun. Part of it referencing being "high," the other part of it meaning destiny/fate, think Romeo and Juliet. I think he feels destined/fated to feel and be this way, to have to hide his feelings, to have to keep this secret locked inside.
To me he is comparing a female to the drug. That's rather obvious. Also, I always hear "I need to go get stoned," not "I need to go down slow." But this song is deeper than that. Take the line "the poisin is the cure sometimes," here he is subtley letting us know that there is something deeper psychologically or emotionally that is being "covered up" with this woman/drug. He's using them to escape something else he is feeling or insecure about. I think that's what the secret is. It being "written in the stars" is a pun. Part of it referencing being "high," the other part of it meaning destiny/fate, think Romeo and Juliet. I think he feels destined/fated to feel and be this way, to have to hide his feelings, to have to keep this secret locked inside.