Very deep song. Incredible, as we can all agree. This song encompasses true drug addiction, and my interpretation is the song is speaking as the drug.
“I'm an ocean in your bedroom
Make you feel warm
Make you want to re-assume
Now we know it all for sure”
Here is where it begins. The drug being consumed in the users bedroom, alone, symbolising a grappling of true addiction.
“I'm a dance hall dirty break beat
Make the snow fall
Up from underneath your feet
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go”
The drug being consumed in clubs and bars, the user partying on it as well as taking it at home. The snow falling up suggests a rush of some kind. The drug is also speaking to the user, telling him he is not alone, as he is with the drug.
“I'm a meth lab first rehab
Take it all off
And step inside the running cab
There's a love that knows the way”
This is sort of obvious. “Meth lab”, suggesting the user has graduated to a sort of more intense use of the drug, now actually creating it himself. “First rehab”, meaning he was in rehab before he moved on the meth lab. This is very powerful. It symbolises the drugs intensely strong hold on the user.
“Take it all off and step inside the running cab”, could mean the abandonment of sobriety after leaving rehab. “There’s a love that knows the way”, is exactly how it sounds. The love the user has for the drug comes over anything else, causing him to lose everything around him, piece by piece.
“I'm the rainbow in your jail cell
All the memories of
Everything you've ever smelled
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go”
“The rainbow” could be symbolising either the memory/anticipation of the drug, the drug itself being in the jail cell, or something even more sinister, like the beginning of a mental illness
“All the memories you’ve ever smelled”, may mean the memory of the drugs the user has taken and a sort of reliving memory he lives through in his mind as he lays there in captivity
“Sideways falling
More will be revealed my friend
Don't forget me
I can't hide it
Come again get me excited”
“Sideways falling”, the user is falling deeper and deeper into a state of addiction and also perhaps insanity
“More will be revealed my friend”, suggests there is more to come, and the drug is so strongly wrapped around the user
“Don’t forget me I can’t hide it, come again get me excited”
Means no matter how long the user is kept from the drug, the drug waits for him to come back, reminding him of their “love”
“I'm an inbred and a pothead
Two legs that you spread
Inside the tool shed
Now we know it all for sure”
This is an interesting part of the song. I’d say it’s the shock factor of the words, revealing the drug to be sickening and outrageous, something that is no longer a secret to the user, as the user has grown so deep in his addiction. “Two legs that you spread inside the tool shed”, symbolises the user either engaging in sexually degrading acts for the drug, or being a “slut for the drug”; meaning a heavy user.
“I could show you
To the free field
Overcome and more
Will always be revealed
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go”
This could mean the drug is suggesting a world of freedom - but not in the way most would see it. The drug has become so powerful within the users mind, that they are now hypnotised by its words, unable to see what is truly free and what is a prison of the drug.
“Sideways falling
More will be revealed my friend
Don’t forget me I can’t hide it
There's a match now let me light it”
The match could be symbolic of a trigger, or a gateway to the drug, lighting the addiction. Or it could be literal, the match needed to light the spoon for shooting up.
“I'm the bloodstain
On your shirt sleeve
Coming down and more are coming to believe
Now we know it all for sure”
“The bloodstain” is the evidence of the users shooting up, the user experiencing a comedown and those around him are seeing the atrocity the drug has truly had on him. Anyone already denying his drug use finally accepts the extent of his addiction, or perhaps the loss of his sanity.
“Make the hair stand
Up on your arm
Teach you how to dance
Inside the funny farm
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go”
The drug or memory of the drug gives the user chills, and he dances in the insane asylum due to holding on to the relationship with the drug. Or, the drug is now his insanity. Perhaps he was always insane, but was using drugs to mask it/cope. Without the drug, his insanity is revealed. Many interpretations are within these lyrics.
Very deep song. Incredible, as we can all agree. This song encompasses true drug addiction, and my interpretation is the song is speaking as the drug.
“I'm an ocean in your bedroom Make you feel warm Make you want to re-assume Now we know it all for sure”
Here is where it begins. The drug being consumed in the users bedroom, alone, symbolising a grappling of true addiction.
“I'm a dance hall dirty break beat Make the snow fall Up from underneath your feet Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
The drug being consumed in clubs and bars, the user partying on it as well as taking it at home. The snow falling up suggests a rush of some kind. The drug is also speaking to the user, telling him he is not alone, as he is with the drug.
“I'm a meth lab first rehab Take it all off And step inside the running cab There's a love that knows the way”
This is sort of obvious. “Meth lab”, suggesting the user has graduated to a sort of more intense use of the drug, now actually creating it himself. “First rehab”, meaning he was in rehab before he moved on the meth lab. This is very powerful. It symbolises the drugs intensely strong hold on the user. “Take it all off and step inside the running cab”, could mean the abandonment of sobriety after leaving rehab. “There’s a love that knows the way”, is exactly how it sounds. The love the user has for the drug comes over anything else, causing him to lose everything around him, piece by piece.
“I'm the rainbow in your jail cell All the memories of Everything you've ever smelled Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
“The rainbow” could be symbolising either the memory/anticipation of the drug, the drug itself being in the jail cell, or something even more sinister, like the beginning of a mental illness “All the memories you’ve ever smelled”, may mean the memory of the drugs the user has taken and a sort of reliving memory he lives through in his mind as he lays there in captivity
“Sideways falling More will be revealed my friend Don't forget me I can't hide it Come again get me excited”
“Sideways falling”, the user is falling deeper and deeper into a state of addiction and also perhaps insanity “More will be revealed my friend”, suggests there is more to come, and the drug is so strongly wrapped around the user “Don’t forget me I can’t hide it, come again get me excited” Means no matter how long the user is kept from the drug, the drug waits for him to come back, reminding him of their “love”
“I'm an inbred and a pothead Two legs that you spread Inside the tool shed Now we know it all for sure”
This is an interesting part of the song. I’d say it’s the shock factor of the words, revealing the drug to be sickening and outrageous, something that is no longer a secret to the user, as the user has grown so deep in his addiction. “Two legs that you spread inside the tool shed”, symbolises the user either engaging in sexually degrading acts for the drug, or being a “slut for the drug”; meaning a heavy user.
“I could show you To the free field Overcome and more Will always be revealed Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
This could mean the drug is suggesting a world of freedom - but not in the way most would see it. The drug has become so powerful within the users mind, that they are now hypnotised by its words, unable to see what is truly free and what is a prison of the drug.
“Sideways falling More will be revealed my friend Don’t forget me I can’t hide it There's a match now let me light it”
The match could be symbolic of a trigger, or a gateway to the drug, lighting the addiction. Or it could be literal, the match needed to light the spoon for shooting up.
“I'm the bloodstain On your shirt sleeve Coming down and more are coming to believe Now we know it all for sure”
“The bloodstain” is the evidence of the users shooting up, the user experiencing a comedown and those around him are seeing the atrocity the drug has truly had on him. Anyone already denying his drug use finally accepts the extent of his addiction, or perhaps the loss of his sanity.
“Make the hair stand Up on your arm Teach you how to dance Inside the funny farm Not alone, I'll be there Tell me when you want to go”
The drug or memory of the drug gives the user chills, and he dances in the insane asylum due to holding on to the relationship with the drug. Or, the drug is now his insanity. Perhaps he was always insane, but was using drugs to mask it/cope. Without the drug, his insanity is revealed. Many interpretations are within these lyrics.