A memory for those of us sick and suffering, Hurt has sung us a familiar scene.
The meaning of this song is isolated when the narrator speaks to Morpheus, his God, his dependence.
Some of us want to believe it's about a girl - which is why this song is artful - but it is not, it's about drugs. I am uncertain if the drug is referring to a sleep meds (bec Morpheus is the god of dreams), or if it referring to opiates (specifically morphine, whose name is based on Morpheus). Either way, both options being sedatives, the sufferer is yearning for a return to a past feeling ("the real thing") of sedation - when the dream/high is so intense that he is convinced it is reality.
The chronology of the narrator's suffering is debatable. One can say that he is about to take his first dose; or the song begins mid-story, when the sufferer has already experienced this alternative reality. "Cause nothing is happening" can refer to inexperience when using a drug for the first time, or the need to escape right away when dependent. Either way, it's early in his new addiction bec he starts of taking just one dose.
This familiar scene continues with the torture and insanity of addiction, pleading self-justification and frustration as a drive to use more and more.
My comments are incomplete and used to help framework the scene. We all hear this song differently, which is why it is artful.
I want to end off by also saying that it is unclear if the sufferer is begging for his addiction to end or for his dream/high to never end. It could also be both, in either order, since the lyrics change from "don't you ever try to bring me back" to "don't you ever try to take me back."
A memory for those of us sick and suffering, Hurt has sung us a familiar scene.
The meaning of this song is isolated when the narrator speaks to Morpheus, his God, his dependence.
Some of us want to believe it's about a girl - which is why this song is artful - but it is not, it's about drugs. I am uncertain if the drug is referring to a sleep meds (bec Morpheus is the god of dreams), or if it referring to opiates (specifically morphine, whose name is based on Morpheus). Either way, both options being sedatives, the sufferer is yearning for a return to a past feeling ("the real thing") of sedation - when the dream/high is so intense that he is convinced it is reality.
The chronology of the narrator's suffering is debatable. One can say that he is about to take his first dose; or the song begins mid-story, when the sufferer has already experienced this alternative reality. "Cause nothing is happening" can refer to inexperience when using a drug for the first time, or the need to escape right away when dependent. Either way, it's early in his new addiction bec he starts of taking just one dose.
This familiar scene continues with the torture and insanity of addiction, pleading self-justification and frustration as a drive to use more and more.
My comments are incomplete and used to help framework the scene. We all hear this song differently, which is why it is artful.
I want to end off by also saying that it is unclear if the sufferer is begging for his addiction to end or for his dream/high to never end. It could also be both, in either order, since the lyrics change from "don't you ever try to bring me back" to "don't you ever try to take me back."
---sick and suffering
@neversmoke Thank you for your spot on comment
@neversmoke Thank you for your spot on comment