I think this song is a double narrative describing Scott Hutchison's struggle with life in California (touched on in Owl John's Los Angeles Be Kind) and also a struggle with alcohol (Frightened Rabbit's I Wish I Was Sober).
1st verse covers how dry life in California is. The sick on the pavement hasn't been washed away as there's been no rain.
The line saying all this lying in the sun doesn't fill my cup is him saying the California lifestyle of sunbathing isn't for him.
The final line of if California needs a drink, I'll be joining her for one is what made me notice the alcohol references and reassess the whole song.
Living in a dust bowl, half closed eyes. He's living dry of alcohol and only half awake. I think the sick on the pavement is his from a drunken time before he agreed to give being dry a go. Nothing being sacred meaning he was often drunk at home.
I won't be sorry anymore since January 1st is a reference to Dry January or a new years resolution not to drink. Maybe he's tried it a few times and it's been a terrible experience for him abstaining from it.
Everything has changed I think is a reference to the struggle in the relationship over drinking. Didn't ask for a downpour didn't ask for a flood means that he didn't want to get wasted he just wanted a casual drink. Living a dry lifestyle doesn't fill his cup.
I don't plan on being empty for any long than a month suggests that other than a Dry January he's never giving up drinking long term and if someone wants a drink (California) then he's going to join in.
It's a fantastic song, the lyrics have produced exceptional depth. It's another example of Hutchison's lyrical genius. He's going to be a massive miss.
I think this song is a double narrative describing Scott Hutchison's struggle with life in California (touched on in Owl John's Los Angeles Be Kind) and also a struggle with alcohol (Frightened Rabbit's I Wish I Was Sober).
1st verse covers how dry life in California is. The sick on the pavement hasn't been washed away as there's been no rain.
The line saying all this lying in the sun doesn't fill my cup is him saying the California lifestyle of sunbathing isn't for him.
The final line of if California needs a drink, I'll be joining her for one is what made me notice the alcohol references and reassess the whole song.
Living in a dust bowl, half closed eyes. He's living dry of alcohol and only half awake. I think the sick on the pavement is his from a drunken time before he agreed to give being dry a go. Nothing being sacred meaning he was often drunk at home.
I won't be sorry anymore since January 1st is a reference to Dry January or a new years resolution not to drink. Maybe he's tried it a few times and it's been a terrible experience for him abstaining from it.
Everything has changed I think is a reference to the struggle in the relationship over drinking. Didn't ask for a downpour didn't ask for a flood means that he didn't want to get wasted he just wanted a casual drink. Living a dry lifestyle doesn't fill his cup.
I don't plan on being empty for any long than a month suggests that other than a Dry January he's never giving up drinking long term and if someone wants a drink (California) then he's going to join in.
It's a fantastic song, the lyrics have produced exceptional depth. It's another example of Hutchison's lyrical genius. He's going to be a massive miss.