Bush – Glycerine

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  General Comment:This song is bullshit and doesn't mean anything.

  Flagged pawn3don March 02, 2013   Link

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  General Comment:For me, the song relates to my first love. Glycerine is one of my most favorite songs ever. "It must be your skin that i'm sinking in" means he's is getting under her skin but then says but i didn't mind meaning he is willing to deal with it cause they are in love. I also like the lyric "now your hear now your away" because it seems like in any relationship there are times where you are very in love and times where it's hard to tell if the other person even cares. The song is about the end of a relationship that hasn't officially ended yet, and the person still has feelings. The lyric "i'll never forget where you're at" means no matter what he will always love her. Another lyric i really like is "i'm never alone, i'm alone all the time" because to me it represents having a lot of friends but still feeling alone. Another reason I can connect to the song is because I'm afraid to get hurt in a relationship and i think the lyric "Could have been easier on you, I couldn't change though I wanted to, could have been easier by three, our old friend fear and you and me" relates to that.

  Flag Twitt1494on January 26, 2013   Link

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  My Opinion:I've read through several pages of opinons as to the meaning of this song. The lyrics suggest it is in fact about a failing relationship but they are still quite ambiquous. Once in a while, you run across a song in which the lyrics are very straightforward and there is no room for doubt in it's interpretation. But for the most part, it's never that easy. They are ambiguous for a reason. I believe the ultimate goal for the composer is for the listener to come up with his/her own take on the song. Our interpretation is based on our personal perception and that is based on our very unique and personal life experiences. What else do we have to base anything on? I could be way off base here, but I rather like the thought that this is what composers has in mind. Simply draw your own conclusion and stand by it:) Works for me.
  Now for a real challenge, lets decipher an instrumental piece. Sorry bout that one. It gave me a chuckle so thought I would just leave it in.

  Flag Distarr60on November 25, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:I'm not a huge Bush fan, at all, but I honestly believe that with this one song, they flirted with rock'n'roll greatness and immortality. Defining rock song of the second half of the 90's?

  Flagged Tig45on November 15, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:It must be your skin, I'm sinking in...it must be for real cause now I can feel, Refers to heroin use. The song is about drug use and a turmoil filled relationship as a result.

  Flag sjh10230on October 02, 2012   Link

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    And if you have listened to any other bush songs (Come down, little things) I think it becomes fairly obvious that Gavin Rossdale was struggling with an addiction as many grunge artists do / did.

    Flag sjh10230on October 02, 2012  
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  General Comment:I believe that this song is about a relationship with a girl and it being ruined because of his addiction to heroin.
  "Must be your skin, that i'm sinking in" means he is driving his lover nuts (getting under her skin)...he didn't take it serious and didn't change his ways.
  "Must be for real cause now I can feel" means she ended the relationship.
  "And I didn't mind It's not my kind Not my time to wonder why" He acted like he didn't care and had no intentions on changing his ways.
  
  During the rest of the song, he talks about his feeling of both getting high and his relationship. He wants to pick her, but realizes he's in too deep with his addiction.
  
  Just my take, It's difficult lyrics to interpret. I could see why someone would think it's about either heroin or a relationship and not both, but I think it's about a relationship gone bad because of his addiction and his unwillingness to quit getting high.

  Flag timbuck614on July 25, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:Title made me think of Nitroglycerine, an explosive. Sure, it may be Glycerine now, but when all that anger and bitterness ferments it gets to a point where you feel like you're going to blow up.

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  General Comment:glycerine is one of the chemicals used in abortions and for me this will always be the meaning of it (an unwanted abortion but has to be done)

  Flag allseeingeyeon March 11, 2012   Link

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    To piggyback on this, after thinking, it is about an abortion and the regret the parents feel after the decision. Sometimes the video correlates to the song and sometimes not. But it does show a woman holding an infants feet or hands in the beginning of the video. I think glycerine is a word that describes the emotions of the situation. Because it fuels everything. It facilitated the choice and it shows the pain and consequences of it. Such an emotional song and some of the best lyrics ever written in my opinion.

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    ooh I like this one, I'd never heard it.

    Flag Arin Wolfeon July 09, 2012  
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  General Comment:Most alternative rock bands that formed after the original grunge wave sucked, but early Bush stands right up there with all of them.

  Flag Tig45on January 24, 2012   Link

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  My Opinion:>,< how many people fail to realize that glycerine is a preservative, much like petroleum jelly, that is often used for both medicines and keeping food fresh (also sweetens foods) not only that, glycerine is most commonly used for medicines that treat burns.

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