3 characters (Person,Third person, The Drug) - all characters speak
I feel your racing heart (The Drug- Feels the persons heart through some medium)
My liquid silver arms extended (The Drug- Characterizes itself as having "liquid silver arms" Liquid silver is a code for A Natural Medicine. The arms part describes perhaps this is a "joint" extended towards the person
These waves arent far apart, black gold in claw foot tubs unchanging (The person- The person is describing his heartbeat that is racing, and compares it to "black gold" which is a code for oil in a claw foot tub unchanging. I have not seen this before, but maybe there is something to that image that amplifies how excited the person is about this drug that his heart which could be literal as in his hearts beat or his heart as in his desires are intense.
I am fire, wheres my form? (The drug- the drug is asking for its true form. The person can hear the drug asking for a light or a flame to start the next process.)
Whisper crimson I intrude (The person- answering intimately with the color of a flame of fire or the metaphoric sense of fire, the person is conveying that he intimately and immediately lit the drug.)
There is light beneath your eyes, new overtones in view, endless form endless time (The third person, mind- The third person or perhaps the mind is describing from a outer perspective to the person the experience. Perhaps the third person is the persons mind, which is what I am assuming. So through the third person we find out that the person lit the drug and now their are more forms of fire, and the last verse could be the feeling the person gets when using the drug. Or it could be the way the person feels about the drug. This brings me to the fourth dimension. The fourth dimension, in a totally kindergarten understanding is time and space combining.
If what they say is true
You are a shadow in the fourth dimension (The person- The person refers to the drug as the legend of the shadow of the fourth dimension, which would make the drug a 3 dimensional object.) I am uncertain the significance only to suggest that the 4th dimension is falling into the 3rd dimensional world. So traveling to another world. Escapism maybe?
To float away with you (The drug- reiterates its purpose, to be with the person, floating in the 3rd dimension)
We see the corners where nothing happens (The person- Describes them near corners and nothing is happening, but the person is still elated) (But what is important here is the the person and the drug are one being, and this part just emphasizes what is seen is not as important, perhaps as what is felt)
While we drifted we were one
Ceilings lifted walls were gone (The mind, or the narrator- Describes the feeling, and affirms the feeling or literal drifting, which exposes this experience as above reality and or a really great experience, weightless. The passage mentions ceilings and walls being removed. This could be weight of emotion lifted, stress gone, or literally the person being able to see into buildings. Either way this experience is liberating to the person, noting how the person feels about his experience.
You speak the language of the breeze
All your leaves were meant for me
The love that every person wants to be (The person, speaks, poetically and beautifully about the drug, saying that it speaks a different language. The person understands the language perhaps. All of the "leaves" give hint to what this drug might be, and also points out that the person feels that the faculty of the drug is meant for him, expressing a special bond is felt between the two. The person feels the love, or desire to exist that everyone wants to be. So the person thinks that everyone whats to be existence. But an existence that is acknowledged. There is clearly a special bond between the drug and the person.
Stuck together, I don't like revealing secrets
I'll live inside your lips if you won't laugh (The drug- So the drug shows signs of more human like qualities, and shows there are limitations. Something the drug is holding back. Also there are limitations for the person, as the person can't laugh while the drug is "living inside the persons lips' This is a bad sign for the person and a turn in the story unfolding.
My heaving hands on rotten fruit at last
Fallow fingers, there's a surface I can count on (The person- SO here the person describes, most likely, the drug as rotten fruit, and shows signs of admitting that the drug is not bearing fruit or bearing the outcome that the person hoped for. The person then speaks of his "fallow fingers". This is a very unique way to describe fingers. Fallow means basically to render inactive, but it also refers to a farmland being left unsown or left alone to restore for a season. This is significant, because it shows how the person is showing more value in a faculty of themselves over this drug and his trying to repair it, perhaps because of damage done by the drug.
She'd fit inside my heart and take it over
Till her cape got blown into my red lungs (The narrator or mind- This part is my favorite part, because it is so vivid to me and I can relate to my interpretation of it. The first part talks about how the drug, which is revealed to be a she, probably to connect the drug not only to a substance but to what some women do in relationships. "She fit inside my heart" means that the person had room for desire of the drug and let it in, which means he still used the drug or interacted with the girl. The drug then would command the persons desires. Then "her cape" is the line next that is intriguing and important because this drug or girl was a HERO. Being a comic book fan from a young age, I feel this part. Having had heros in real life I also feel and know what it means to be saved. However the HERO's cape "got blown into his red lungs." I interpret this as a bad experience. The cape getting caught into lungs brings thoughts and feelings of suffocation and bleeding. This person, has been damaged by this drug and or girl on the inside. Not to mention the fact that smoking, as this passage suggest to me can cause this feeling of which I have personally experienced. So perhaps this person is close to death. So far, this transition started off great and has turned out deadly and damaging.
Either there's a purpose
Or I'm heading out at breakfast
Take a drink, take a drag
One more coffee, ugly hat
No more mirrors, woolen bag
And I am gone (The person, and the mind or either- This part is a declaration to the drug and or the girl that if there is no better reason to continue using or interacting in this relationship, then he is going to leave quickly. Perhaps he is searching for the transition to improve. )
In conclusion, this song is about transitioning through an experience with a bad drug and the threat of transitioning out, with a demand for a reason to keep transitioning through this experience.
an Interpretation:
3 characters (Person,Third person, The Drug) - all characters speak
I feel your racing heart (The Drug- Feels the persons heart through some medium)
My liquid silver arms extended (The Drug- Characterizes itself as having "liquid silver arms" Liquid silver is a code for A Natural Medicine. The arms part describes perhaps this is a "joint" extended towards the person
These waves arent far apart, black gold in claw foot tubs unchanging (The person- The person is describing his heartbeat that is racing, and compares it to "black gold" which is a code for oil in a claw foot tub unchanging. I have not seen this before, but maybe there is something to that image that amplifies how excited the person is about this drug that his heart which could be literal as in his hearts beat or his heart as in his desires are intense.
I am fire, wheres my form? (The drug- the drug is asking for its true form. The person can hear the drug asking for a light or a flame to start the next process.)
Whisper crimson I intrude (The person- answering intimately with the color of a flame of fire or the metaphoric sense of fire, the person is conveying that he intimately and immediately lit the drug.)
There is light beneath your eyes, new overtones in view, endless form endless time (The third person, mind- The third person or perhaps the mind is describing from a outer perspective to the person the experience. Perhaps the third person is the persons mind, which is what I am assuming. So through the third person we find out that the person lit the drug and now their are more forms of fire, and the last verse could be the feeling the person gets when using the drug. Or it could be the way the person feels about the drug. This brings me to the fourth dimension. The fourth dimension, in a totally kindergarten understanding is time and space combining.
If what they say is true You are a shadow in the fourth dimension (The person- The person refers to the drug as the legend of the shadow of the fourth dimension, which would make the drug a 3 dimensional object.) I am uncertain the significance only to suggest that the 4th dimension is falling into the 3rd dimensional world. So traveling to another world. Escapism maybe?
To float away with you (The drug- reiterates its purpose, to be with the person, floating in the 3rd dimension)
We see the corners where nothing happens (The person- Describes them near corners and nothing is happening, but the person is still elated) (But what is important here is the the person and the drug are one being, and this part just emphasizes what is seen is not as important, perhaps as what is felt)
While we drifted we were one Ceilings lifted walls were gone (The mind, or the narrator- Describes the feeling, and affirms the feeling or literal drifting, which exposes this experience as above reality and or a really great experience, weightless. The passage mentions ceilings and walls being removed. This could be weight of emotion lifted, stress gone, or literally the person being able to see into buildings. Either way this experience is liberating to the person, noting how the person feels about his experience.
You speak the language of the breeze All your leaves were meant for me The love that every person wants to be (The person, speaks, poetically and beautifully about the drug, saying that it speaks a different language. The person understands the language perhaps. All of the "leaves" give hint to what this drug might be, and also points out that the person feels that the faculty of the drug is meant for him, expressing a special bond is felt between the two. The person feels the love, or desire to exist that everyone wants to be. So the person thinks that everyone whats to be existence. But an existence that is acknowledged. There is clearly a special bond between the drug and the person.
Stuck together, I don't like revealing secrets I'll live inside your lips if you won't laugh (The drug- So the drug shows signs of more human like qualities, and shows there are limitations. Something the drug is holding back. Also there are limitations for the person, as the person can't laugh while the drug is "living inside the persons lips' This is a bad sign for the person and a turn in the story unfolding.
My heaving hands on rotten fruit at last Fallow fingers, there's a surface I can count on (The person- SO here the person describes, most likely, the drug as rotten fruit, and shows signs of admitting that the drug is not bearing fruit or bearing the outcome that the person hoped for. The person then speaks of his "fallow fingers". This is a very unique way to describe fingers. Fallow means basically to render inactive, but it also refers to a farmland being left unsown or left alone to restore for a season. This is significant, because it shows how the person is showing more value in a faculty of themselves over this drug and his trying to repair it, perhaps because of damage done by the drug.
She'd fit inside my heart and take it over Till her cape got blown into my red lungs (The narrator or mind- This part is my favorite part, because it is so vivid to me and I can relate to my interpretation of it. The first part talks about how the drug, which is revealed to be a she, probably to connect the drug not only to a substance but to what some women do in relationships. "She fit inside my heart" means that the person had room for desire of the drug and let it in, which means he still used the drug or interacted with the girl. The drug then would command the persons desires. Then "her cape" is the line next that is intriguing and important because this drug or girl was a HERO. Being a comic book fan from a young age, I feel this part. Having had heros in real life I also feel and know what it means to be saved. However the HERO's cape "got blown into his red lungs." I interpret this as a bad experience. The cape getting caught into lungs brings thoughts and feelings of suffocation and bleeding. This person, has been damaged by this drug and or girl on the inside. Not to mention the fact that smoking, as this passage suggest to me can cause this feeling of which I have personally experienced. So perhaps this person is close to death. So far, this transition started off great and has turned out deadly and damaging.
Either there's a purpose Or I'm heading out at breakfast Take a drink, take a drag One more coffee, ugly hat No more mirrors, woolen bag And I am gone (The person, and the mind or either- This part is a declaration to the drug and or the girl that if there is no better reason to continue using or interacting in this relationship, then he is going to leave quickly. Perhaps he is searching for the transition to improve. )
In conclusion, this song is about transitioning through an experience with a bad drug and the threat of transitioning out, with a demand for a reason to keep transitioning through this experience.
Hope this is enjoyed :) -Don