Yeah, MDMA is most likely. Possibly edible cannabis. Chris Franz, not DB, wrote the lyrics . . . MDMA wasn't very popular (or illegal) in the US before the mıd-80s, but some hipsters still knew what it was. For this one song, we don't have to look for Byrne's customary depth - any more than you need to analyze the peripheral semiotics of 'Genıus of Love' to explain what Tına means when she sings "We went insane when we took cocaine.". But the rhythm section apparently had broader taste in drugs than Byrne, because moon rocks are definitely not coke.
Yeah, MDMA is most likely. Possibly edible cannabis. Chris Franz, not DB, wrote the lyrics . . . MDMA wasn't very popular (or illegal) in the US before the mıd-80s, but some hipsters still knew what it was. For this one song, we don't have to look for Byrne's customary depth - any more than you need to analyze the peripheral semiotics of 'Genıus of Love' to explain what Tına means when she sings "We went insane when we took cocaine.". But the rhythm section apparently had broader taste in drugs than Byrne, because moon rocks are definitely not coke.