General CommentIt isn't really all that important whether the song was written about shooting up or a person. An intimate relationship that creates comfort and feelings of peaceful transcendence or a selfish, addictive insular thing with many potential ways for the magic to wear off and a reluctance to accept the inevitability of this happening one way or another. Whatever interpretation best resonates with you. Lazy day with your girlfriend or lazy day on opiates.
Or gradually sinking into physical addiction and having your life fall apart around you (what did you expect?). Literally savouring the the abundant poppy harvest and spreading the joy to other people in the park. "You're going to reap just what you sow" can be seen as a double-edged sword. More social, never getting angry or frustrated. Drugs stand apart from all this, hence making you "forget yourself" (your ego and habits) and see yourself as "someone good" (spiritually pure). Competition, environmental destruction, greed, manipulation, phoneyness. The evil is seen in all types of relationships and in work, but more than anything in romantic relationships. I see the song as very uplifting, but that is just my own bias as I see using drugs as an ethical choice to avoid getting caught up in the evils of society. The bittersweet mood is felt with mild guilt buried beneath the high and the knowledge that things won't stay so "perfect". Drugs as a solace to get through all the BS.
When you come to the end of a perfect day lyrics free#
Time to be completely free with no responsibilities. "Weekenders on our own": Weekend warrior. "Problems left alone": the application to opiates is obvious. The repeated references to "home" could refer to the anticipation of lying down at the end of the day and experiencing what is known as "the nod". One would certainly be content doing mundane activities like going to the zoo or seeing a movie. I could be running errands, visiting friends, or becoming very introverted as described in the song. In my experience, you may look back at the end and think "that was a perfect day". Injecting heroin would create a sudden onset and a shorter duration of effects, but the effects of opiates that I have used gradually unfold over a period of 12 hours, thus creating a "perfect day" which comes to a peaceful resolution after "dark." Maybe he could have been repeatedly shooting up at the locations mentioned in the song though. I have been using opiates for quite a while and have never experienced physical tolerance/withdrawl and would say that I have had some bad (borderline addiction) and some good (successful self medication) results. If we know that he was using drugs at the time, this could have subtly influenced the creative process. I think that it is not necessarily correct to believe that the songwriter himself is fully conscious of what he is writing about.
A description of a very straightforward affair." He didn't say who or what the affair was with. According to The Independent article Reed said "That's a lovely song. I just know that every word fits the drug interpretation to me. Maybe Lou Reed is more to the point and wouldn't put hidden meanings in his songs. Personal experience with drugs does make one qualified to judge if somebody is describing a relationship with a drug. Take what you will from this song, but I am pretty sure I get it. Boredom? Lovelessness? Depression? Insomnia? No matter, heroin will be your girlfriend, your close friend, your hero, hell it even has a GREAT personality. Death in the family? Unbearable, use heroin. Eventually you need it to deal with any aspect of life. This relationship is unrealistic as heroin slowly seeps into your life as a functional addict. Problems fell by the wayside, for all I care I was a weekend warrior who only cared about heroin when not working. Things may not be GREAT, but it just kept me hanging on. So I may be a little biased on this song meaning because of my previous opiate addiction and seeing trainspotting, but it describes to a TEE what i experienced as a heroin addict.įeel no pain, no emotions, no harm, no foul, no hardships. This song is quite most likely referring the double edge sword that is opiate/heroin addiction. No matter what you take away from this song, anything is great btw, don't want to put anyone down. General CommentComing from a former Heroin addict.
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