It's about amphetamines. TMBG specifically said it had nothing to do with alcoholism.
"Black coffee's not enough for me...I need a better friend" - in other words, something similar to coffee but stronger (Amp); "lie still, little bottle and shake my shaky hand" - common side-effect of strong stimulants is shakiness. He needs the pill to lie still because he is shaky, and thus it's hard for him to grab his last amphetamine. He wants to "shake hands" -shaking hands with the pill in this case meaning making a connection, allowing him to grab the pill with his hand as one would normally grab or "shake" another person's hand
It's about amphetamines. TMBG specifically said it had nothing to do with alcoholism. "Black coffee's not enough for me...I need a better friend" - in other words, something similar to coffee but stronger (Amp); "lie still, little bottle and shake my shaky hand" - common side-effect of strong stimulants is shakiness. He needs the pill to lie still because he is shaky, and thus it's hard for him to grab his last amphetamine. He wants to "shake hands" -shaking hands with the pill in this case meaning making a connection, allowing him to grab the pill with his hand as one would normally grab or "shake" another person's hand
@regenerator have you got a source / link for this?
@regenerator have you got a source / link for this?