hmm... while I hate having to say any elliott songs are about drugs, this one is one that I believe is. "Coming up Roses" supposedly means the flash of blood that shoots into the syringe when you shoot up on heroin. "cold white brother riding your blood" is the drug itself... "I don't need your permission to bury my love under this bare light bulb" I've always interpreted as even though people rant about doing drugs, he's not gonna stop, he'll bury his love (heroin) in his arm under the bare light bulb, maybe in a basement or something somewhere. "While the moon does its division you're buried below" is either dead or in that same basement, shooting up. "The things that you tell yourself, they'll kill you in time" is how he might say "heroin's OK, it won't hurt me" will eventually hurt him.
bahh i havnt read all these posts.. and i jus heard this song yesterday... but i think the light bulb part is cuz yu cn smoke outa them.. idk bout heroin cuz i havnt done it yet but i kno yu cn with tina.... andd i think the part with the moon does its division, is maybe bout how it changes though the months and w/e likee how it goes from a full moon down to nothing and back again? if hes singing bout heroin its a downet-- but i think it sounds more like a meth song almost jus...
bahh i havnt read all these posts.. and i jus heard this song yesterday... but i think the light bulb part is cuz yu cn smoke outa them.. idk bout heroin cuz i havnt done it yet but i kno yu cn with tina.... andd i think the part with the moon does its division, is maybe bout how it changes though the months and w/e likee how it goes from a full moon down to nothing and back again? if hes singing bout heroin its a downet-- but i think it sounds more like a meth song almost jus cuz heroin cn come in brown nd shit too not jus white; soo it makes more sence to me that way? butttt thats jus my opinion and im rly not compleatly sur it makes sence lol
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hmm... while I hate having to say any elliott songs are about drugs, this one is one that I believe is. "Coming up Roses" supposedly means the flash of blood that shoots into the syringe when you shoot up on heroin. "cold white brother riding your blood" is the drug itself... "I don't need your permission to bury my love under this bare light bulb" I've always interpreted as even though people rant about doing drugs, he's not gonna stop, he'll bury his love (heroin) in his arm under the bare light bulb, maybe in a basement or something somewhere. "While the moon does its division you're buried below" is either dead or in that same basement, shooting up. "The things that you tell yourself, they'll kill you in time" is how he might say "heroin's OK, it won't hurt me" will eventually hurt him.
bahh i havnt read all these posts.. and i jus heard this song yesterday... but i think the light bulb part is cuz yu cn smoke outa them.. idk bout heroin cuz i havnt done it yet but i kno yu cn with tina.... andd i think the part with the moon does its division, is maybe bout how it changes though the months and w/e likee how it goes from a full moon down to nothing and back again? if hes singing bout heroin its a downet-- but i think it sounds more like a meth song almost jus...
bahh i havnt read all these posts.. and i jus heard this song yesterday... but i think the light bulb part is cuz yu cn smoke outa them.. idk bout heroin cuz i havnt done it yet but i kno yu cn with tina.... andd i think the part with the moon does its division, is maybe bout how it changes though the months and w/e likee how it goes from a full moon down to nothing and back again? if hes singing bout heroin its a downet-- but i think it sounds more like a meth song almost jus cuz heroin cn come in brown nd shit too not jus white; soo it makes more sence to me that way? butttt thats jus my opinion and im rly not compleatly sur it makes sence lol <3