Down in the Bottom Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tbspollen 

Cover art for Down in the Bottom lyrics by Walter Becker

Add those interpretations together and we probably have a dismally accurate picture of the lyric. However, I never got the feeling that the speaker longs for the company of this missing person. And obviously,in the style of typical junkie cop-out, The speaker blames the missing one for the speaker's addiction- let's see.. I'm guessing heroin. I didn't know about the 'definition' of "bear." It should be added to the hipster dictionary.