Likely no one will read this as it will be pg 8 of the comments but I haven't seen this suggested anywhere else (unless I missed something) so here goes...
What if the king is Elliott? The king is crossing from a junkie to straight, or from life to death. His 'subject' tells him whiskey is better than beer if your aim is to be a junkie or to kill yourself with drink.
Then what if the judge is also Elliott? He is the one on vinyl after all. And he is the one making the decisions (to die, to use drugs or both). Then he's saying if anyone hangs around with me their going to get hurt (by the tidal wave), there is no escape.
Then he says he's ready for death and that he expects it to come - the shell game of his life is already in play, the dominoes are already lined up...it's going to happen, he just doesn't know when.
But he knows why: The record industry and drugs. He knows his disatisfaction with his life, with getting paid to 'take his own insides out' or bare his heart and soul on his records for money, will eventually lead him to 'fuck up' and use drugs again. He knows how that 'movie' will end, he will OD.
The last verse has a dual meaning for me. On the one hand it alludes to the results of an overdose (or a suicide attempt for that matter) in that he is in the hospital fighting for his life. But it also reminds me of the record version of 'Pretty Mary K'. In both he's a soldier who is taken with the beauty of the nurses and who is relying on the nurses care to save him. There is something like a plea for nurturing care by women in both songs.
And yes, the time reverses bit is meaningful in light of what happened, but likely doesn't mean what it feels like. I think it means that if he is saved by the nurses, then the inevitability of his death by OD is stopped.
ya freja I always thought that "The King's Crossing" described the passing of a figurehead - basically how he portrays himself throughout the context of the song - as if the public feasts on watching their celebs deteriorate and go... it's the latest fashion. Elliott, Amy Winehouse, Kurt C., everybody loooovvvvesss to see a celeb destroy themselves...
ya freja I always thought that "The King's Crossing" described the passing of a figurehead - basically how he portrays himself throughout the context of the song - as if the public feasts on watching their celebs deteriorate and go... it's the latest fashion. Elliott, Amy Winehouse, Kurt C., everybody loooovvvvesss to see a celeb destroy themselves...
I think the part about time reversing is an allusion to yet another relapse into usage, or at least coming to a point where you seem to want to use again despite having tried to come clean for the nth time.
I think the part about time reversing is an allusion to yet another relapse into usage, or at least coming to a point where you seem to want to use again despite having tried to come clean for the nth time.
King's Crossing is a neighborhood in Portland. I like what recidivist says about how it's used in the song. He had gotten famous but still fell back into addiction. What I get from the song is that he's saying it was inevitable that he would go back to using and eventually kill himself.
King's Crossing is a neighborhood in Portland. I like what recidivist says about how it's used in the song. He had gotten famous but still fell back into addiction. What I get from the song is that he's saying it was inevitable that he would go back to using and eventually kill himself.
Likely no one will read this as it will be pg 8 of the comments but I haven't seen this suggested anywhere else (unless I missed something) so here goes...
What if the king is Elliott? The king is crossing from a junkie to straight, or from life to death. His 'subject' tells him whiskey is better than beer if your aim is to be a junkie or to kill yourself with drink.
Then what if the judge is also Elliott? He is the one on vinyl after all. And he is the one making the decisions (to die, to use drugs or both). Then he's saying if anyone hangs around with me their going to get hurt (by the tidal wave), there is no escape.
Then he says he's ready for death and that he expects it to come - the shell game of his life is already in play, the dominoes are already lined up...it's going to happen, he just doesn't know when.
But he knows why: The record industry and drugs. He knows his disatisfaction with his life, with getting paid to 'take his own insides out' or bare his heart and soul on his records for money, will eventually lead him to 'fuck up' and use drugs again. He knows how that 'movie' will end, he will OD.
The last verse has a dual meaning for me. On the one hand it alludes to the results of an overdose (or a suicide attempt for that matter) in that he is in the hospital fighting for his life. But it also reminds me of the record version of 'Pretty Mary K'. In both he's a soldier who is taken with the beauty of the nurses and who is relying on the nurses care to save him. There is something like a plea for nurturing care by women in both songs.
And yes, the time reverses bit is meaningful in light of what happened, but likely doesn't mean what it feels like. I think it means that if he is saved by the nurses, then the inevitability of his death by OD is stopped.
ya freja I always thought that "The King's Crossing" described the passing of a figurehead - basically how he portrays himself throughout the context of the song - as if the public feasts on watching their celebs deteriorate and go... it's the latest fashion. Elliott, Amy Winehouse, Kurt C., everybody loooovvvvesss to see a celeb destroy themselves...
ya freja I always thought that "The King's Crossing" described the passing of a figurehead - basically how he portrays himself throughout the context of the song - as if the public feasts on watching their celebs deteriorate and go... it's the latest fashion. Elliott, Amy Winehouse, Kurt C., everybody loooovvvvesss to see a celeb destroy themselves...
I think the part about time reversing is an allusion to yet another relapse into usage, or at least coming to a point where you seem to want to use again despite having tried to come clean for the nth time.
I think the part about time reversing is an allusion to yet another relapse into usage, or at least coming to a point where you seem to want to use again despite having tried to come clean for the nth time.
King's Crossing is a neighborhood in Portland. I like what recidivist says about how it's used in the song. He had gotten famous but still fell back into addiction. What I get from the song is that he's saying it was inevitable that he would go back to using and eventually kill himself.
King's Crossing is a neighborhood in Portland. I like what recidivist says about how it's used in the song. He had gotten famous but still fell back into addiction. What I get from the song is that he's saying it was inevitable that he would go back to using and eventually kill himself.