Lyrics for Down To The Well as interpreted by riffic

Down To The Well Lyrics
down to the well

betty always knows
betty always tells
she laughing desperately
she said it felt like a river inside her bones
when she went down to the well

gonna be with her
she is gonna take me there
lead me by my hand
her body a rocking chair for my soul

i can hardly wait, baby
i can hardly wait
'til we go down to the well
down to the well

been thinking to myself
and if a life's not long
what matter does it make
if there'll be favorite songs playing in my head
when we go down to the well

i can hardly wait, betty
i can hardly wait
'till we go down to the well
down to the well

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llldebaserlll
04-02-2003

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well... I've been told that heroin kind of gives you the sensation of going through a damp tunnel or pipe. I wouldn't know for sure but so I've been told.
sooo...things seem to make sense with that theory.
Betty laughs
"it felt like a river insider her bones" may refer to the sensation of when you shoot up. If you've ever had an IV you know that you can feel the fluid flowing through you.
she takes him there and leads him by the hand=introduces him to the drug. and she comforts him through is first time (rocking chair for my soul).
Third verse would imply that since life is so short, why worry if it shortens it even more. just do what the hell you like.

ummm ya that's my theory.

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feinstein
06-30-2003

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It's about sex.

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oidimed
04-26-2004

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feinsteins probably right.

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pumkinhed
12-05-2004

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i dunno. i have to go with (linelineline)debaser(linelineline)'s opinion. It makes the most sense to me.

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lactosefreeman
12-26-2004

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The drug thing makes the most sense, but I always thought the whole "Down to The Well" thing was kind of like Jack and Jill going to fetch a pail of water, but they end up having sex... I guess that doesn't make much sense though.

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edbanky
09-01-2005

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I am with sansmilk and feinsteins on this one. I believe "going down to the well" is synonymous with "having an orgasm." I think he is singing about conversing with a sexually experienced girlfriend figure, and he is curious about the actual feeling, being a virgin himself.

"what matter does it make, if there'll be favorite songs playing in my head" I think might be referring to a traditional desire to have your "first time" be special. Like maybe have some romantic music setting the mood, etc.

Incidentally, I don't think Charles Thompson sings about drugs much at all. And certainly not from some post addiction perspective. He mentions smoking pot, which he says he does occasionally, but, unlike those of so many "artists" whose lives are basically defined by self-imposed debauchery and addiction, I believe Charles' topics are rarely as uninteresting as "man, being addicted to ________ sucks."

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ROBRAM89
12-04-2005

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That last part...true, very true.

Also, a lot of people talk about how "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a ripoff of "Gouge Away," or stuff like that (personally, I think "In Bloom" is closer to "I Bleed" than those two), but I can't hear this song without thinking of "Creep" by Radiohead. And when I say "can't hear without thinking of," I mean "ripoff."

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CmndrAntipov
02-24-2007

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It's certainly a ripoff. Black Francis had a time machine and went three years into the future, got a copy of Pablo Honey, and went back to 1990 to record his ripoff for Bossanova.

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rkpetersen
04-21-2007

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LOL, fucking exactly! So who 'ripped off' who, eh?

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patchwork cat
07-23-2007

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People really think that the pixies ripped off these latter bands? What sense of r&r history do they have?

i once saw a nirvana freak saying how they invented that 4 chord thing on so many of their songs . What a nit - if it wasn't actually borrowed from the pixies then it was from the who originally ('i can't explain').

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dukepeter
07-19-2009

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definitely about sex between an experienced girl and a virgin guy. (kinda reminds of "i've been tired", eh?)

it seems to me the lyrics actually go "and if a LOVE's not long"... he sings "and if a love ain't long" on the BBC version. and this makes perfect sense with the sex interpretation. i might be wrong about the lyrics tho

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