This is a text book "heroin" song. The first line says it all. Marmalade is a metaphor for the writers drug of choice which is most probably an opiate or a sedative hypnotic commonly found in the benzodiazapine drug family. I imagine that the songwriter has intimate knowledge especially considering the line "do't try to find me, don't try to pull me out, my marmalade", As a songwriter and recovering addict myself I can empathize strongly with the imagery in this song. The illusion of sentimentality and the refusal to acknowledge much more than remorse for her past is also an indicator.
This is a text book "heroin" song. The first line says it all. Marmalade is a metaphor for the writers drug of choice which is most probably an opiate or a sedative hypnotic commonly found in the benzodiazapine drug family. I imagine that the songwriter has intimate knowledge especially considering the line "do't try to find me, don't try to pull me out, my marmalade", As a songwriter and recovering addict myself I can empathize strongly with the imagery in this song. The illusion of sentimentality and the refusal to acknowledge much more than remorse for her past is also an indicator.