Its not "A samson and delilah story and requires no further interpretation". You simplify the song by saying such a ridiculous thing to the point it insults the songwrite. The samson and delilah story is a metaphor/allegory for fucks sake. Thompson obviously felt that it paralleled something in his personal life, most likely relating to stoner sessions with some company (delilah) that was not entirely wanted.
Everyone here is saying either that its smason story or pot stoyy. ITS BOTH AND SO MUCH MORE. CLue that its obviously not just a samson story...the mention of marijuana, "a bad charm with holy fingers" - HE'S ROLLING A JOINT, and why would he write a song about an old testament story that bore no resemblance to his own reality?
And its not just about POT.
A full analysis of this song would take an essay, and even so you could never achieve complete certainty. GREAT LYRICS HAVE LAYERS... and a lot of subtley, people seem to want to wrap it up in a quick and easy explanation... accept that the full meaning is abstract and elusive and all depends how deep u want to go.
HAVE ANY OF YOU HEARD OF A GODDAM METAPHOR?
Its not "A samson and delilah story and requires no further interpretation". You simplify the song by saying such a ridiculous thing to the point it insults the songwrite. The samson and delilah story is a metaphor/allegory for fucks sake. Thompson obviously felt that it paralleled something in his personal life, most likely relating to stoner sessions with some company (delilah) that was not entirely wanted.
Everyone here is saying either that its smason story or pot stoyy. ITS BOTH AND SO MUCH MORE. CLue that its obviously not just a samson story...the mention of marijuana, "a bad charm with holy fingers" - HE'S ROLLING A JOINT, and why would he write a song about an old testament story that bore no resemblance to his own reality?
And its not just about POT.
A full analysis of this song would take an essay, and even so you could never achieve complete certainty. GREAT LYRICS HAVE LAYERS... and a lot of subtley, people seem to want to wrap it up in a quick and easy explanation... accept that the full meaning is abstract and elusive and all depends how deep u want to go.