Low Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Omega_Man 

Cover art for Low lyrics by Cracker

"Sometimes I want to take you down Sometimes I want to get you low Brush your hair back from your eyes Take you down let the river flow

Sometimes I go and walk the street Behind the green sheet of glass A million miles below their feet A million miles, a million miles"

This song is full of deep metaphors. The fist paragraph refers to injecting heroin. Brush your hair back from your eyes...rolling up your sleeve. Take you down let the river flow....Inject down into the vein and let the river of blood flow and take it away.

Sometimes I walk the street....walking your track marks, sometimes referred to as a road map. Behind the green sheet of glass....refers to your veins...they appear green underneath the skin.

I'll be with you girl....refers to him speedballing. Girl is known as cocaine on the streets. Sometimes I want to take you down......refers to him coming down off the anxious cocaine high. He likes being low.....he loves the heroin.

Hey don't you want to go down, like some junkie cosmonaut....It's pretty clear here what he means.