I feel like this song has two timelines.
The first one is Townes in a hospital bed after something really messed up and traumatic happened, maybe he saw a friend die of an overdose and he was so stunned (and high) he didn't know what to do, he stood there watching, his eyes burned and all that...
He doesn't want his mom's help nor his friends', he is reckless and feels like he knows what he is doing, everything is gonna end up alright.
The second timeline starts in "as brothers our troubles are..." - Here it feels like an old Townes, who has been through a lot of stuff in his life and is now clean. He is doing the same as his mom did in the begining of the song, he is giving advice and checkin someone he really loves who is doing dope.
"As brothers our troubles are
Locked in each others arms
And you better pray
They never find you"
He is saying this person's problems will affect him too, because he loves this person. He went throught it and he guarantees what's up next it's not a good experience... no one is prepared to live that.
"Being born is going blind
And buying down a thousand times
To echoes strung
On pure temptation"
You'll cast aside those who care about you, and you will use it more and more and more... and even after you are clean and you acknowledge all the mess your life was when you were doing it, the temptation of using again is always there.
"Sorrow and solitude these are the precious things
And the only words worth remembering"
This is my favorite poetry line ever, it's almost like a mantra, whenever you feel the temptation of escaping this void in your life by using dope, remember that this is precious, life is precious, you have to embrace all that sorrow and solitude.
By far my favorite song, just hoped Townes was still around.
I feel like this song has two timelines. The first one is Townes in a hospital bed after something really messed up and traumatic happened, maybe he saw a friend die of an overdose and he was so stunned (and high) he didn't know what to do, he stood there watching, his eyes burned and all that... He doesn't want his mom's help nor his friends', he is reckless and feels like he knows what he is doing, everything is gonna end up alright.
The second timeline starts in "as brothers our troubles are..." - Here it feels like an old Townes, who has been through a lot of stuff in his life and is now clean. He is doing the same as his mom did in the begining of the song, he is giving advice and checkin someone he really loves who is doing dope.
"As brothers our troubles are Locked in each others arms And you better pray They never find you"
He is saying this person's problems will affect him too, because he loves this person. He went throught it and he guarantees what's up next it's not a good experience... no one is prepared to live that.
"Being born is going blind And buying down a thousand times To echoes strung On pure temptation"
You'll cast aside those who care about you, and you will use it more and more and more... and even after you are clean and you acknowledge all the mess your life was when you were doing it, the temptation of using again is always there.
"Sorrow and solitude these are the precious things And the only words worth remembering"
This is my favorite poetry line ever, it's almost like a mantra, whenever you feel the temptation of escaping this void in your life by using dope, remember that this is precious, life is precious, you have to embrace all that sorrow and solitude.
By far my favorite song, just hoped Townes was still around.