Some of the interpretations in this "Reckless (Don't be so)" thread are wild. It is not about heroin or addiction. The whole song is about being alone.
When asked about the meaning of this song during an interview, James Reyne laughed and said it has no deep meaning...it's just a collection of thoughts on being alone. He acknowledged he didn't even know if the "Russian sub beneath the arctic" reference was an actual event or simply a childhood memory.
Obviously there's a through line about the man's lost relationship. But, everything else is just tagging this idea of being alone.
Some people interpret the line "I miss our early morning wrestle" to be about heroin or addiction. It's not. I grew up in Sydney (Reyne's 11 yrs older than me) and "wrestle" was used as a very common euphemism for sex during the 70s. My parents and their friends would use the term all the time.
Some of the interpretations in this "Reckless (Don't be so)" thread are wild. It is not about heroin or addiction. The whole song is about being alone.
When asked about the meaning of this song during an interview, James Reyne laughed and said it has no deep meaning...it's just a collection of thoughts on being alone. He acknowledged he didn't even know if the "Russian sub beneath the arctic" reference was an actual event or simply a childhood memory.
Obviously there's a through line about the man's lost relationship. But, everything else is just tagging this idea of being alone.
Some people interpret the line "I miss our early morning wrestle" to be about heroin or addiction. It's not. I grew up in Sydney (Reyne's 11 yrs older than me) and "wrestle" was used as a very common euphemism for sex during the 70s. My parents and their friends would use the term all the time.