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Weeds blow tall on a broken train track
Ruth B. draws, we're fixin' to get high
Maybe we'll hit the bluffs
And find ourselves the same old rum
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
The hopped up boys are lookin' for their trouble
The knocked up girls, well, they've all got their share
Ruth seems out of her mind, swears she won't give in this time
Ruth B. draws, we're fixin' to get high
Maybe we'll hit the bluffs
And find ourselves the same old rum
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
Life goes by on a Talihina sky
The hopped up boys are lookin' for their trouble
The knocked up girls, well, they've all got their share
Ruth seems out of her mind, swears she won't give in this time
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I have listened to Kings of Leon for a LONG time and i still love them, even though their new music isn't as good as the old music that they used to make. But some of their newer songs are really good anyway.
Go go Kings of Leon!
I think the meaning is pretty clear -- if not, the first response in this thread explains the meaning well.
Being from a small town, I can connect to this closely, especially the chorus. Small towns have a certain humility to them -- cordiality, hospitality, etc.. -- but all are bred with an arrogance. I'm sure you could go to a small town anywhere, and they'd spit at the neighbouring town's name (even though that town is the exact same as their own). I know the people in my town place our little village higher than the rest, but really, all of these petty little towns are the exact same.
And the people in the small towns are so proud, so arrogant, so content. "But everybody says this place is so beautiful, and you'd be crazy to say goodbye. But everything's the same, the town's so pitiful, and I'll be getting out, as soon as I can."
The word "Talihina" being Choctaw for "Iron Road" (aka Rail Road) looked at through the perspective that Talihina hasn't had a railroad track in years makes the line "Weeds blow tall on a broken train track" all that more perfect in describing Talihina.
I wish the bar that was in the old shack up by the entrance to the Ouachita National Forest was still open. I was there around 10 years ago and really had a good time. Regardless of all the bulletholes in the walls and ceiling, everyone was super cool to me and the jukebox, full of country music, also had one record from Pink Floyd in it. Very cool. :)
The song is also about doing drugs, and about being stuck in something you dont really know how to get out of..
Think the weeds that blow tall on the broken aka RAIL ROAD, is about a state of mind..
You know as a train representing the timeline of life and as the tall weeds blow, he symbolises that he haven't done anything in his life for a long time, he'll be getting out as soon as he can fly..
Drugs are his escape from that town.. Ruth B. is trying to get clean, but he dont want her too, cause he enjoys her company and he dont wanna be left behind.. Talihina sky is his euforia, and she must be so crazy to say goodbye.. She is trying to get clean by using cocaine instead of heroin.. "Ruth B. draws we are fixing to get high" So its about his fear of being left in that hole fo drugs...
I want to start a whole new life in a new country, new customs, new everything!. I connect with this song completely, the drive to constantly get away, to fly is always under my skin pushing me along these past few months to make the necessary arrangements. Thank you KOL.
great song... Kings of Leon kick ass!
Everthing the same this town is pitiful and I'll be getting out as soon as I can fly."
I love this song.
I'm from a small town, its beautiful but theres absolutely nothing here...
Old folks love it but us kids hate it and spend years wanting leave.. when we finally graduate its like learning how to fly.