I believe this song is about heroin addiction. "she’s not a girl who misses much." describes the attitude of a heroin user who is relatively content with her new lifestyle. "She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand" is saying she is familiar with the high heroin produces, comparing the calming feel of the drug with being rubbed by a velvet hand. "like a lizard on a window pane" If you think about what is taking place when a lizard is on a window pane it is not hard to connect it again with opiates. Just think of an animal blocked from the natural world by a window, the outside world is visible but the animal (or heroin user) is disconnected to it. "the man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnail boots." describes a person who could possibly go undetected amongst a crowd but upon closer inspect would obviously be considered odd, someone who is different, a heroin addict. "lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime" says that this addict is trying to conceal his drug habits while he is busy pursuing them. "a soap impression of his wife which ate and donate to the National Trust" refers to the corruption of his once clean lover who he consumed (turned her into an addict) and changed into something disgusting (turn her into trash and flushed her down the toilet: donating to the National trust) "I need a fix cause I'm going down, down to the bits I left uptown. I need a fix cause I'm going down" is saying: I need to use heroin because I'm coming down, and going through withdrawals, the lack of drugs is ripping him apart, and the uptown reference could be referring to a particular spot in which drugs are purchased, saying, I need some more heroin because I'm hurting from withdrawals, so I need to go uptown, the place I always go to get heroin. The next set of lyrics uses “gun” to represent a needle. "Mother superior's jump the gun" is talking about a woman preparing a shot of heroin.
"happiness is a warm gun" A needle+Heroin(which is usually heated prior to use) = happiness. The next line could be about a heroin addict singing to the needle "when I hold you in my arms" can be interpreted as when I've got the needle in my arm, "and I feel my finger on your trigger" and I feel my finger on the plunger (the part of the needle you need to push to inject the heroin) "I know nobody can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun" the drug user knows that he's about to get high and therefore won't care about anybody or anything else. “Bang, Bang shoot, shoot” are slang terms for shooting heroin.
And of course this is just my opinion, so, obviously it’s 100% accurate and everyone else is totally wrong….
i got the chills when i read this meaning. i always knew it was about heroin because of my frequent involvement with the "drug scene". after using opiates (sometimes intravenously) i sampled the land of milk and honey. i then realized that's all there is to it. happiness IS a warm gun. if i'm sure about anything in the world its that. no matter who you are, or what shit you're in, heroin will put a smile on your face. as a result of my experiences, i have dubbed opiates the Drug of...
i got the chills when i read this meaning. i always knew it was about heroin because of my frequent involvement with the "drug scene". after using opiates (sometimes intravenously) i sampled the land of milk and honey. i then realized that's all there is to it. happiness IS a warm gun. if i'm sure about anything in the world its that. no matter who you are, or what shit you're in, heroin will put a smile on your face. as a result of my experiences, i have dubbed opiates the Drug of Discipline. they are great fun and short term effects are slim to none (when properly dosed). its addiction that will come up and slap you in the face. every day it gets easier to say no, but that feeling will still be there in the deepest reaches of your mind forever.
@kopaarwes09
You’re totally on target… of course it’s an easy target with the imagery of his precious Works— syringe etc, and besides brain surgery or landing a plane— no even those aren’t as completely wrapped up as “hold you in my arms…no harm” So much for the overrated smack, you’ heard why she (or he) is called “Mother Superior”? She doesn’t have a Habit
Want a really fun obscure Beatles lyric? The Beatles’ Love albums’ version of Being For the Benefi of Mr Kite is cut short after And tonight Mr Kite is topping the bill…All the ensuing utterances...
@kopaarwes09
You’re totally on target… of course it’s an easy target with the imagery of his precious Works— syringe etc, and besides brain surgery or landing a plane— no even those aren’t as completely wrapped up as “hold you in my arms…no harm” So much for the overrated smack, you’ heard why she (or he) is called “Mother Superior”? She doesn’t have a Habit
Want a really fun obscure Beatles lyric? The Beatles’ Love albums’ version of Being For the Benefi of Mr Kite is cut short after And tonight Mr Kite is topping the bill…All the ensuing utterances relate to the poster that inspired John to write the song. Check it out, it’s well covered online. — NICE REVIEW OF …,Warn Gun !!
I believe this song is about heroin addiction. "she’s not a girl who misses much." describes the attitude of a heroin user who is relatively content with her new lifestyle. "She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand" is saying she is familiar with the high heroin produces, comparing the calming feel of the drug with being rubbed by a velvet hand. "like a lizard on a window pane" If you think about what is taking place when a lizard is on a window pane it is not hard to connect it again with opiates. Just think of an animal blocked from the natural world by a window, the outside world is visible but the animal (or heroin user) is disconnected to it. "the man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnail boots." describes a person who could possibly go undetected amongst a crowd but upon closer inspect would obviously be considered odd, someone who is different, a heroin addict. "lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime" says that this addict is trying to conceal his drug habits while he is busy pursuing them. "a soap impression of his wife which ate and donate to the National Trust" refers to the corruption of his once clean lover who he consumed (turned her into an addict) and changed into something disgusting (turn her into trash and flushed her down the toilet: donating to the National trust) "I need a fix cause I'm going down, down to the bits I left uptown. I need a fix cause I'm going down" is saying: I need to use heroin because I'm coming down, and going through withdrawals, the lack of drugs is ripping him apart, and the uptown reference could be referring to a particular spot in which drugs are purchased, saying, I need some more heroin because I'm hurting from withdrawals, so I need to go uptown, the place I always go to get heroin. The next set of lyrics uses “gun” to represent a needle. "Mother superior's jump the gun" is talking about a woman preparing a shot of heroin.
"happiness is a warm gun" A needle+Heroin(which is usually heated prior to use) = happiness. The next line could be about a heroin addict singing to the needle "when I hold you in my arms" can be interpreted as when I've got the needle in my arm, "and I feel my finger on your trigger" and I feel my finger on the plunger (the part of the needle you need to push to inject the heroin) "I know nobody can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun" the drug user knows that he's about to get high and therefore won't care about anybody or anything else. “Bang, Bang shoot, shoot” are slang terms for shooting heroin.
And of course this is just my opinion, so, obviously it’s 100% accurate and everyone else is totally wrong….
i got the chills when i read this meaning. i always knew it was about heroin because of my frequent involvement with the "drug scene". after using opiates (sometimes intravenously) i sampled the land of milk and honey. i then realized that's all there is to it. happiness IS a warm gun. if i'm sure about anything in the world its that. no matter who you are, or what shit you're in, heroin will put a smile on your face. as a result of my experiences, i have dubbed opiates the Drug of...
i got the chills when i read this meaning. i always knew it was about heroin because of my frequent involvement with the "drug scene". after using opiates (sometimes intravenously) i sampled the land of milk and honey. i then realized that's all there is to it. happiness IS a warm gun. if i'm sure about anything in the world its that. no matter who you are, or what shit you're in, heroin will put a smile on your face. as a result of my experiences, i have dubbed opiates the Drug of Discipline. they are great fun and short term effects are slim to none (when properly dosed). its addiction that will come up and slap you in the face. every day it gets easier to say no, but that feeling will still be there in the deepest reaches of your mind forever.
@kopaarwes09 Love it. My best friend always believed the same thing.
@kopaarwes09 Love it. My best friend always believed the same thing.
@kopaarwes09 Love it. My best friend always believed the same thing.
@kopaarwes09 Love it. My best friend always believed the same thing.
@kopaarwes09 You’re totally on target… of course it’s an easy target with the imagery of his precious Works— syringe etc, and besides brain surgery or landing a plane— no even those aren’t as completely wrapped up as “hold you in my arms…no harm” So much for the overrated smack, you’ heard why she (or he) is called “Mother Superior”? She doesn’t have a Habit Want a really fun obscure Beatles lyric? The Beatles’ Love albums’ version of Being For the Benefi of Mr Kite is cut short after And tonight Mr Kite is topping the bill…All the ensuing utterances...
@kopaarwes09 You’re totally on target… of course it’s an easy target with the imagery of his precious Works— syringe etc, and besides brain surgery or landing a plane— no even those aren’t as completely wrapped up as “hold you in my arms…no harm” So much for the overrated smack, you’ heard why she (or he) is called “Mother Superior”? She doesn’t have a Habit Want a really fun obscure Beatles lyric? The Beatles’ Love albums’ version of Being For the Benefi of Mr Kite is cut short after And tonight Mr Kite is topping the bill…All the ensuing utterances relate to the poster that inspired John to write the song. Check it out, it’s well covered online. — NICE REVIEW OF …,Warn Gun !!