Westerberg's humanity and honest shine through on this one...I see it as a sort of abstract description of addiction ..a realization that he is partying ...except the party aint so fun anymore ...and hes stuck (I love the inhale thats dubbed in) "...if being strong is what you want, then I need help here with this feather"...additction feels makes you feel weak
@thelight
I think that could be correct. I'm a recovering addict and some of the lyrics could point to addiction in my opinion. "Quittin' school and goin' to work" sounds like me. Somebody had to pay for the drugs. And "never learn how to swim" to me sounds like how many times we would sit around the table talking about all the things we were going to do, or learn, etc. 99% of the time we didn't do sh*t And I did feel very weak knowing I had to have the drugs. Actually I didn't have the drugs, the drugs had...
@thelight
I think that could be correct. I'm a recovering addict and some of the lyrics could point to addiction in my opinion. "Quittin' school and goin' to work" sounds like me. Somebody had to pay for the drugs. And "never learn how to swim" to me sounds like how many times we would sit around the table talking about all the things we were going to do, or learn, etc. 99% of the time we didn't do sh*t And I did feel very weak knowing I had to have the drugs. Actually I didn't have the drugs, the drugs had me.
Westerberg's humanity and honest shine through on this one...I see it as a sort of abstract description of addiction ..a realization that he is partying ...except the party aint so fun anymore ...and hes stuck (I love the inhale thats dubbed in) "...if being strong is what you want, then I need help here with this feather"...additction feels makes you feel weak
@thelight I think that could be correct. I'm a recovering addict and some of the lyrics could point to addiction in my opinion. "Quittin' school and goin' to work" sounds like me. Somebody had to pay for the drugs. And "never learn how to swim" to me sounds like how many times we would sit around the table talking about all the things we were going to do, or learn, etc. 99% of the time we didn't do sh*t And I did feel very weak knowing I had to have the drugs. Actually I didn't have the drugs, the drugs had...
@thelight I think that could be correct. I'm a recovering addict and some of the lyrics could point to addiction in my opinion. "Quittin' school and goin' to work" sounds like me. Somebody had to pay for the drugs. And "never learn how to swim" to me sounds like how many times we would sit around the table talking about all the things we were going to do, or learn, etc. 99% of the time we didn't do sh*t And I did feel very weak knowing I had to have the drugs. Actually I didn't have the drugs, the drugs had me.