Sublime – Pool Shark

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  General Comment:This is about Heroin. When he talks about shooting pool hes refering to the similar action of shooting herion. He uses dinosours due to the fact they are exstinct and he knows that he will be one day too if this continues and the fact that he calls his own death is so freaky. A great artist and music legend. R.I.P Brad

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    A dinosaur is the band you put around your arm when you are shooting heroin. That would be why he's 'tying' it on. It would be awfully hard to tie a Velociraptor to your arm as you suggest.

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  General Comment:As said, a very sad song. I for one would sleep a lot better at night knowing people like Brad and Loudog are still out there making tunes, kicking back and living it up for the rest of us stuck in the perpetual grind....Sadly, it is not so. It makes me cry.

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  General Comment:One of my favorite songs by Sublime..also one of Bradley's most emotional pieces.
  Talking about how he has found an addiction to heroin and he knows its bad, but he cant stop it, it makes him feel better and he tries to stop but he just cant he wants it so bad. He knows its impossible for him to quit so he pretty much knew he was gonna die from it when he says "one day I'm gonna loose the war"
  
  R.I.P. Bradley James Nowell, and Lou Dog
  both are missed terribly!
  
  
  
  

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  General Comment:brad just wrote about what he knew

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  General Comment:brad just wrote about what he knew

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  General Comment:i didnt look through all of these, but here is the meaning-
  
  lying in my plastic bed thinking how things werent so cool to me- does refer to detox, not jail as someone wrote earlier. brad was in and out of detox 11 times, obviously it wasnt fun
  
  tying off that dinasaur tonight- a dinasaur was often another way to describe the the tools to cut off the blood/ elicit a vein for shooting
  
  it used to be so cool- obviously he is conflicted b/c he realizes how dangerous it is now, but he used to love it without realizing any consequences
  
  now ive got the needle and i can shake but i cant bleed- pretty clear, more conflict with getting ready to shoot but not shooting, b/c there would be blood once he shoots up so its him sort of acknowledging the rules (i am not allowed to bleed)
  
  take it away but i want more and more- hes defeated his urge but he still wants it
  
  one day im gonna lose the war - he wont always be able to defeat his urge and will eventually die.
  
  great song. RIP brad
  
  -LORD HAVE HIS GRILLED CHEESE-

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  General Comment:as for me, i actually like the punk version the most, because of his singing there sort of, he's got that hopeless sound to his voice.... but the acoustic is really great to.... such a sad song...
  
  Hvil i Fred Brad

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  General Comment:the meaning of this song is pretty obvious. he shot heroin when his wife (or girl friend at the time) went out to the bars to shoot pool. its so sad how bradley ended up dying. this song is a perfect example of how sublime's music took a more depressed mood as brad fought his addiction

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  General Comment:Well if anyone knew the exact place and situation of his actual death you would understand the song. i have watched storys lies tales and exh... and read 3 books on my favorite band. early morning may 25, bud and brad were in a hotel room. Brad had recently picked up his life and had not done heroin in a few months to a few weeks. He stopped after jake was born. Also Bud became a man of god. that early early morning of 5.25.96 "my b-day" brad asked bud if he would do it with him one last time. for the good times and the bad times. bud hesiated and said yes. sice brad had not dont heroin in a whyle took as much as he would of taken as a junkie was not used to so much heroin in his system. it was a total accendental o.d. the next mornin bud woke up to find him [NAKED] LAYING HALF ON THE [BED]. His family and friends tryed sooo hard to help him. as his wife says.
  THAT SONG SCARED HER UNTILL THE DAY HE DIED.
  THAT SONG WAS HIS FATE. DONT BELIEVE SHIT U GET ON THE INTERNET. READ BOOKS WITH INTERVIEWSWITH DAD MOM CAT BUD ERIC OPIE MIKE GWEN MRS NOWELL AND O.G'S OF ORANGE COUNTY JAIL. ....

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  General Comment:perhaps he wrote this song while he was partially clean. Maybe he was in the first few days of detox and suffering. but had his rig (spoon, syringe, heroin, ETC) with him and losing the war is giving in and relapsing
  
  Detoxing is the most painful thing ive ever done i was heavily addicted Sweet Lady H for a long time and after quitiing 6 times and makin it the sixth time past the first week i would rather break both my knees again then have to detox again for all you non addicts

  Flag IMABADFISHAREYOUon September 25, 2007   Link

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