You were the same as me but on your knees- Perhaps he's a "casual user". He does heroin once in a while, making them "the same", but she's completely addicted and brought to her "knees" by the drug. And to me, it's always seemed that he'd been trying to distance himself from her (almost fell into that hole in your life, and I'll go on as you get colder) He cares but he's cautious that her addiction may have a negative imapact on his life. Are you someone's prayer= He's saying that there's someone else out there praying for someone like her to come into their life. And I've always thought that at the end of the song (I'll lead you home) he got her into some sort of rehab program against her will. She hated him for doing that to her, but in a way she loved him for caring for her. He had the same sort of love/hate for her, hence the "I'll become what you became to me".
That's just what the songs allways seemed to say for me.
PurpleGutterflower
@PurpleGutterflower You may remember the 80's hair metal band Enuff Z Nuff. I was best friends with their guitarist the late Derek Frigo. Sadly he lost his battle with heroin addiction and overdosed and died. Black Balloon makes me cry everytime I hear it for I tried so hard to help Derek. Sober he was the coolest dude on earth, but when on H, he just turned into a monster! He sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of high end guitars, effects, amps ect, for pennies on the dollar to support his habit. His late father Johnny and myself tried...
@PurpleGutterflower You may remember the 80's hair metal band Enuff Z Nuff. I was best friends with their guitarist the late Derek Frigo. Sadly he lost his battle with heroin addiction and overdosed and died. Black Balloon makes me cry everytime I hear it for I tried so hard to help Derek. Sober he was the coolest dude on earth, but when on H, he just turned into a monster! He sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of high end guitars, effects, amps ect, for pennies on the dollar to support his habit. His late father Johnny and myself tried to get him to re-hab. He went a couple times, but soon fell back into his demons. I just couldn't stand watching Frigo destroy himself. It was destroying me emotionally for I loved him dearly as a friend, forget the rockstar fame. I finally had a serious talk with Derek, where I flat out told him, I cannot hang out with you anymore and watch you destroy yourself. We still kept in contact and he did seem like he was getting his shit together, had a few months of sobriety under his belt then, one afternoon, I guess he used and overdosed on Sunset Blvd in Beverly Hills. Miss ya Frigo, love you always and forever brother.
You were the same as me but on your knees- Perhaps he's a "casual user". He does heroin once in a while, making them "the same", but she's completely addicted and brought to her "knees" by the drug. And to me, it's always seemed that he'd been trying to distance himself from her (almost fell into that hole in your life, and I'll go on as you get colder) He cares but he's cautious that her addiction may have a negative imapact on his life. Are you someone's prayer= He's saying that there's someone else out there praying for someone like her to come into their life. And I've always thought that at the end of the song (I'll lead you home) he got her into some sort of rehab program against her will. She hated him for doing that to her, but in a way she loved him for caring for her. He had the same sort of love/hate for her, hence the "I'll become what you became to me".
That's just what the songs allways seemed to say for me. PurpleGutterflower
@PurpleGutterflower You may remember the 80's hair metal band Enuff Z Nuff. I was best friends with their guitarist the late Derek Frigo. Sadly he lost his battle with heroin addiction and overdosed and died. Black Balloon makes me cry everytime I hear it for I tried so hard to help Derek. Sober he was the coolest dude on earth, but when on H, he just turned into a monster! He sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of high end guitars, effects, amps ect, for pennies on the dollar to support his habit. His late father Johnny and myself tried...
@PurpleGutterflower You may remember the 80's hair metal band Enuff Z Nuff. I was best friends with their guitarist the late Derek Frigo. Sadly he lost his battle with heroin addiction and overdosed and died. Black Balloon makes me cry everytime I hear it for I tried so hard to help Derek. Sober he was the coolest dude on earth, but when on H, he just turned into a monster! He sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of high end guitars, effects, amps ect, for pennies on the dollar to support his habit. His late father Johnny and myself tried to get him to re-hab. He went a couple times, but soon fell back into his demons. I just couldn't stand watching Frigo destroy himself. It was destroying me emotionally for I loved him dearly as a friend, forget the rockstar fame. I finally had a serious talk with Derek, where I flat out told him, I cannot hang out with you anymore and watch you destroy yourself. We still kept in contact and he did seem like he was getting his shit together, had a few months of sobriety under his belt then, one afternoon, I guess he used and overdosed on Sunset Blvd in Beverly Hills. Miss ya Frigo, love you always and forever brother.