The first stanza sets up the scene. John (or the Narrator) visited a friend in the ICU. I assmue he was there because of an overdose of Meth (which is why he's handcuffed). He must have also hurt his head or something, perhaps when he was high.
I don't exactly know what the chorus means, but maybe that John is coming out of his normal place of "the underground" (where he lives with fellow users, or so) and comes to the real world, risking everything to see his friend.
They then medicate him, and maybe the information they want is whether the person will live.
I always thought the title/chorus was the key to the song. Yes he's visiting a friend in the ICU who'se handcuffed. Clearly in trouble with the law. And John (narrator) is 'the mole' he's fishing for information.
I always thought the title/chorus was the key to the song. Yes he's visiting a friend in the ICU who'se handcuffed. Clearly in trouble with the law. And John (narrator) is 'the mole' he's fishing for information.
The first stanza sets up the scene. John (or the Narrator) visited a friend in the ICU. I assmue he was there because of an overdose of Meth (which is why he's handcuffed). He must have also hurt his head or something, perhaps when he was high.
I don't exactly know what the chorus means, but maybe that John is coming out of his normal place of "the underground" (where he lives with fellow users, or so) and comes to the real world, risking everything to see his friend.
They then medicate him, and maybe the information they want is whether the person will live.
I always thought the title/chorus was the key to the song. Yes he's visiting a friend in the ICU who'se handcuffed. Clearly in trouble with the law. And John (narrator) is 'the mole' he's fishing for information.
I always thought the title/chorus was the key to the song. Yes he's visiting a friend in the ICU who'se handcuffed. Clearly in trouble with the law. And John (narrator) is 'the mole' he's fishing for information.